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Gary Smith is a retired Army veteran known for challenging incumbent Janice Arnold-Jones for the Republican ticket in the 2012 U.S. House election to represent the 1st Congressional District of New Mexico. ==2012 election== In late 2011, Smith announced his intention to represent the 1st Congressional District of New Mexico in the 2012 elections. To do so, he would have needed to oust incumbent Arnold-Jones in winning the Republican ticket, then win the popular vote after gaining the GOP nomination.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bipac.net/page.asp?g=FMCG&content=New_Mexico_Latest_Updates&parent=FMCG )〕 His campaign was managed by Rhead Story, another local Republican politician. In Smith's announcement he stated "The people of New Mexico are hurting... New Mexicans need a congressman who will be honest and straightforward with them and who will be focused on creating solutions to the problems facing our nation and our great state." At the Republican pre-primary convention on March 17, 2012, incumbent Arnold-Jones was challenged by then Albuquerque City Councilman Dan Lewis and Smith. Arnold-Jones took 62% of the vote, with Lewis following at 33% and Smith garnering 4%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.capitolreportnewmexico.com/2012/03/wilson-arnold-jones-and-newton-win-in-gop-pre-primary-convention/ )〕 The Washington Post stated Smith "wasn't even close to defeating her" about challenging Arnold-Jones. On March 20, 2012, Lewis announced his withdrawal from the Republican ticket race, stating "I am announcing that I am withdrawing from the 2012 congressional race today to prevent a costly, party-splitting primary campaign." A complaint was raised by Arnold-Jones that stated some of Smith's nomination petition signatures were invalid. Smith would have had to have gathered 1,579 signatures to qualify for the Republican nomination ballot. Responding to the complaint, Judge C. Shannon Bacon ruled that some of the signatures were indeed invalid, thus disqualifying Smith from the race. Of the 1,823 Smith gathered, 492 were deemed invalid, meaning he needed 248 more signatures. Signatures can be considered invalid if "signers either were duplicates from other petitions, registered in another district or not registered as Republicans."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nmtelegram.com/2012/04/16/cd1-district-court-judge-takes-smith-off-gop-primary-ballot/ )〕 With Lewis withdrawing from the race and Smith being disqualified, Arnold-Jones was granted the GOP ticket by default. Eventually, Arnold-Jones lost the seat to Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham in the popular election. Arnold-Jones was defeated ~59% to ~41%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/house/nm/new_mexico_1st_district_arnoldjones_vs_grisham-3329.html )〕 In total, Smith spent nearly $300,000.00USD on his congressional campaign, with most of that amount being his personal funds. The exact amount came to $296,951.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00505685 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary Smith (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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