Solomon Peña was given a 20th chance when the nineteen-times-convicted candidate was named the Republican nominee for the 14th District in the New Mexico House of Representatives. He was trounced losing by 48 points. Of course, he followed the Trump playbook and claimed the vote was rigged. He attended the January 6 rally, but it not known to have participated in the insurrection.
He went to commissioners homes and told them not to certify the election. When they did, he and the people he hired are believed to have fired on their homes, one time with a machine gun. They did this even though there were children and other family members in the home. At one person’s home, they shot up the room of a ten-year-old girl who woke up with dust from the bullet passing through sheetrock on her face.
Peña and his co-conspirators were indicted and the people he hired pled guilty and are expected to testify against Peña in his upcoming trial. But then Peña has now been indicted for hiring contract killers to murder the people he allegedly hired to shoot at Democrats. They are going to be testifying against him in his upcoming trial, so he wanted them killed.
Peña was convicted on March 19, 2025, on all thirteen counts. He is to be sentenced in July, 2025.
- NM Political Report: Ex-GOP candidate allegedly hired people to kill witnesses in shootings of homes of Democratic politicians
- Source NM: Failed GOP candidate accused of plotting to have co-defendants killed
- DOJ: Former New Mexico House of Representatives Candidate Charged for Shooting Spree
USA Today: Failed GOP candidate turned attempted political killer. Why did he do it? - DOJ: Additional Federal Charges Filed Against Solomon Peña