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UNM regent nominee Chandler drawing opposition

 

 

 

 

 

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PUBLISHED: Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 12:02 am

SANTA FE – One of Gov. Susana Martinez’s appointees to the University of New Mexico Board of Regents received a ringing endorsement Wednesday, while another was left in limbo after tough questions during a Senate committee hearing.

Senators voted 38-0 to reconfirm Jamie Koch as a UNM regent. Koch, a Democrat, was reappointed by Martinez in December 2014.

Former District Attorney Matt Chandler answers question during his confirmation hearing to the UNM Board of Regents in the Senate Rules Committee in Santa Fe on Wednesday. Chandler was sponsored by Sen. Stuart Ingle, R-Portales, left. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

However, the nomination of Matt Chandler, a former Clovis-based prosecutor and the 2010 Republican attorney general candidate, faced uncertainty Wednesday after the full Senate held off on a confirmation vote.

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