Albuquerque, NM - This week a local reporter questioned Allen Weh's assertion that he was the only candidate in the race for Governor to run a business. Peter St Cyr, writing for NMPolitics.net, quoted Weh as saying, "As the only candidate who has run a business, I know what it will take to create jobs, cover a payroll and balance a budget during tough times."
In fact, three other candidates have run businesses, including Lt. Gov. Diane Denish who owned a small business for 12 years. After being caught in the lie, his campaign said that what he intended to say was that he was the only multi-million dollar business owner in the race.
Democratic Party of New Mexico Executive Director, Josh Geise, issued the following statement:
"In Allen Weh's world, you don't really own a business unless it's a multi-million dollar business. The thousands of hard-working small business owners in New Mexico, who create the majority of our state's jobs, would disagree with Weh's assessment that running a small business doesn't count. All that time with his millionaire CEO friends has clearly made him out of touch with hard-working New Mexicans trying to make ends meet."
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