Police investigating campaign contributions to New Mexico man accused of orchestrating shootings at Democratic rivals' homes

Officials are investigating the source of campaign contributions to Solomon Pena, the failed Republican candidate for New Mexico State House who allegedly orchestrated shootings at the homes of multiple Democratic rivals. 

Questions about the campaign donations arose during their investigation into Pena's actions, the Albuquerque Police Department said in a statement. He currently faces 15 charges, including multiple felonies, for paying accomplices to rake the homes of two state legislators and two county commissioners with gunfire. 

Detectives "uncovered potential illegal activity related to monetary contributions" that Pena solicited during his campaign. Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said that Pena ran on a "Make America Great Again" platform and called him a "right wing radical" and "election denier." Pena falsely claimed that his race, which he lost in a landslide to incumbent Democratic state Rep. Miguel P. Garcia, was "rigged."