From Santa Fe New Mexican:

Jerry Ortiz y Pino, 67, who represents a downtown Albuquerque district, said he’ll make a formal announcement this summer, probably in July.

First elected to the Senate in 2004, Ortiz y Pino said he came to realize that under the Legislature’s seniority system, it would take years to get a committee chairmanship or other leadership position.

“I think if I’m going to have more of an impact, I should run for lieutenant governor,” Ortiz y Pino said of the $85,000-a-year job, which includes presiding over Senate sessions.

“I think it would be great to work with Diane Denish,” he said of the current lieutenant governor, who is running for the Democratic nomination as governor. “I have no ambitions beyond that. I’m not aiming to be a (U.S.) senator or governor.”

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