As liberal U.S. Congressman Martin Heinrich – who is the preferred candidate at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) – continues his primary battle against New Mexico’s Hispanic State Auditor, he has suddenly changed his position on gay marriage.

In 2008 when Martin Heinrich was running for the U.S. House of Representatives, he strongly opposed gay marriage.  Now Heinrich is running for the U.S. Senate and in an effort to shore up support with liberal voters in New Mexico, he has suddenly decided to support gay marriage.

As New Mexico Politics reports:

“In 2008, when [Martin Heinrich] first sought the ABQ congressional seat, Heinrich was against gay marriage. But flash forward to his contest today for the Dem Senate nod and Heinrich has changed positions. Like Balderas, he is now in favor of gay marriage, but has not made that position widely known. As a result some news articles continue to cite Heinrich’s 2008 stance. 

“His office told us: Martin has supported gay marriage for some time. I just don’t think he was asked about it. Thanks for asking! 

“That contrasts with his 2008 view when he said: I am not supportive of gay marriage, but I do believe that everybody in the United States has the same civil rights in front of the government.”   

“New Mexicans deserve to know why Martin Heinrich is suddenly changing his positions on the issues now that he’s locked in a fierce Democrat primary battle,”  said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Spokesman Jahan Wilcox.  “Is this just another example of convenient political posturing by Martin Heinrich?”