Skating to victory

National | After surprise win, pastor-politician wants to prove himself | Roy Maynard

Los Alamos, N.M.

New Mexico newspapers didn't start taking pastor and conservative Republican candidate Bill Redmond seriously until he blew past a Democrat and a Green Party nominee to win a congressional seat in May. The Sante Fe New Mexican, for example, consistently echoed Democrat Eric Serna's references to Mr. Redmond as a "radical right-wing preacher." The newspaper repeatedly ran its 1991 file photo of a bearded Mr. Redmond wearing roller skates (his congregation at Sante Fe Christian Church was opening a skating rink as an outreach).

Mr. Redmond smiles easily and makes the most of the unsophisticated image. In parades, he roller skates (he can waltz and fox trot on wheels), and he brought his homeschooled son Jordan, 14, along on the campaign trail (the pair logged 70,000 highway miles in 1996, Jordan cheerfully reports).

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