Presidential campaigns to mobilize Saturday in N.M.

Posted 7/25/2008 04:33:00 PM

The campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain will hold events in Las Cruces and other parts of New Mexico on Saturday.

The campaign of the Democratic presidential candidate will host the grand opening of its Albuquerque headquarters, located at 117 Montclaire Dr. SE, at 5 p.m. In addition, it will hold neighborhood-team trainings in Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Las Cruces at 1:30 p.m.

In Las Cruces, the training will be held at the Doña Ana County Democratic Party headquarters, 139 North Downtown Mall.

Volunteers with the campaign of the Republican presidential candidate, meanwhile, will spend 12 hours -- from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. -- reaching out to thousands of undecided voters by knocking on doors and making phone calls in Las Cruces and Albuquerque. That will include more than 60 volunteers from McCain’s home state of Arizona who are traveling to New Mexico to help.

In Las Cruces, the volunteers will meet at the Las Cruces NM Victory Headquarters, 121 Wyatt Drive, Suites 15 and 16, at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.