During the noon hour today, Democratic Rep. Tom Udall (NM-03) formally announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate in New Mexico at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Salon Ortega was packed with supporters, local and national media and a slew of New Mexico politicos, as well as Tom's family -- his wife Jill Cooper Udall, his daughter Amanda Cooper and her husband Jim Noel, and his legendary dad Stewart Udall.
Below the fold are eight short video clips of parts of Udall's rousing speech from today's event.
Rep. Udall also reached out to local bloggers with a conference call this morning. He spent about an hour with us talking about his background, his reasons for running and what he wants to bring to the Senate. Then he took questions from us. (In my clip number 1, Udall mentions that he talked so much on the blogger call he got hoarse.)
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