ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — “Breaking Bad” actor Steven Michael Quezada (keh-ZAH’-dah) is jumping in a heated race for county commissioner in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Quezada, who played DEA agent Steven Gomez in the hit AMC-TV series, told The Associated Press on Monday that he will make a formal announcement on Tuesday that he’s seeking the Bernalillo County Commission seat.
The 52-year-old actor and comedian says he’s joining in the race because he feels someone like him can make a difference in the district which includes the historic Hispanic South Valley and an area where developers are seeking to build new homes. At least three others are running for the seat.
The Bernalillo County Commission recently voted to approve a planned community despite activists’ fears the development would take water away from nearby communities.
Quezada is a member of the Albuquerque school board.
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Curious if he’s running as a Dem or a GOPer
You go, Gomey!
Awesome reporting, as usual, not getting his party in there.
None of the news outlets reporting this are mentioning party affiliation.
Man, if only there was some sort of profession that would be the ones you’d expect to provide that sort of information. You know, rather than just regurgitating stuff.
In this article he talks about bringing a different face to the Democratic Party, so I believe he is a Democrat. It also talks about how “Quezada is getting active in New Mexico Democratic Party politics just as the party is licking its wounds from a historic defeat in 2014 with the re-election of Republican Gov. Susana Martinez and the GOP takeover of the New Mexico House. Other Democrats have sought Quezada’s support and he has lent his voice for commercials.”
Not sure what the district map looks like in regards to partisan breakdown, but in 2014 for the District 1 seat, Democrat Debbie O’Malley garnered 61% of the vote vs. Republican Simon Kubiak and Democrats hold a 3-2 majority on the county’s 5 seat commission.
Curious as to which seat he is running for.