Assistant DA, GOP Chairman, Liberty Advocate Announces U.S. Senate Candidacy

Las Cruces -  Doña Ana Republican Party Chairman and Assistant District Attorney David Clements is expected to announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate early Tuesday. Clements will challenge incumbent New Mexico Democrat Tom Udall who was elected to the Senate in 2008. Clements resides in Las Cruces with his wife Erin and son Roland. Clements states in a press release, "With our government's refusal to live within its means, we have a 17 trillion dollar debt and are on the brink of economic ruin. And with Washington, D.C. unable to escape the reality of its continued failures, an all out assault on our economic and civil liberties has begun." Clements is a rising star in the New Mexico Republican Party and a prominent leader from the growing 'Liberty' movement within the party. 

David, Roland and Erin Clements

Clements at 33 has spent the past two months traveling across the state meeting with grassroots leadership, college students, and members of the Republican Party of New Mexico's State Central Committee discussing the issues and solutions that New Mexicans are concerned about. Clements takes an early shot at Udall in the press release, "As an attorney, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution---an oath I take seriously. Career politicians like Senator Udall have disregarded that same oath and have created a culture of dependency in New Mexico," he continues, "By restraining the federal government, we empower people to look within themselves to create opportunity and achieve greatness. I grew up in a lower-class family, and am still fighting for the American dream. I'm tired of Washington D.C. elites taking our hard earned money, and trying to convince us that we are helpless without their involvement in every aspect of our lives. Enough is enough.” 

Clements, a constitutional conservative and liberty advocate, is the only New Mexico republican to formally enter the 2014 U.S. Senate race. Former gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh, Alamogordo Mayor Susie Galea, and former Democratic state legislator Robert Aragon have also expressed interest in entering the race. Senator Udall is rated as one of the safest Democratic seats in the nation. Clements has an arduous path to the Capitol but I am reminded of the overused politico shop talk quip, 'in politics, timing is everything.' Congressional approval is tanking and Americans are growing more skeptical of the political & corporate establishment that influence$ the horse trader$ we send to Washington. 

Polished shades of incumbency or a long political career are appearing to be vulnerabilities in 2014. Polls and coffee shop conversations are indicating a national mood shifting towards a libertarian approach. Politicos nationwide have articulated the need of fresh faces and messaging for a ssuccessful courtship of independent and younger voters. The GOP has failed to garner significant support from said voters in recent years, the same voters who eluded more conventional establishment GOP candidates in 2012. If the Republican party is serious about making positive inroads with independent minded voters, they must change who they nominate for higher office. 

Clements is another shot of liberty for New Mexico (remember Gary Johnson?) and U.S. politics (Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Justin Amash). A shot that is needed to fight the dystopian disease spread by snakes of surveillance and Goliaths of ubiquitous government. 

"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." - Samuel Adams

Disclosure Statement: David Clements and I serve together on the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Mexico's Executive Committee and have recently discussed his potential Senate candidacy, he's a friend and a friend of liberty. 

View Clements press release below.

   Clements U.S. Senate Announcement by NewMexicoPolitico