Tom Udall, the Democratic U.S. Rep. and Senate candidate from New Mexico joined Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Chairman Chuck Schumer of New York and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at a press conference for Democratic candidates Wednesday. There was a familial atmosphere, as Udall was also joined on stage briefly by Mark Udall, his cousin who is running for the Senate in Colorado.

Mark Udall will speak at Invesco Field tonight.

Schumer said of Tom Udall that he is "always trying to do the right thing even if sometimes he has to sail against he winds. He’s done it in New Mexico and, again, he stepped up to the plate to run for the United States Senate."

Udall spent much of his time talking about energy issues.

"One of the reasons I am running is that the piece of legislation that I was working on in the renewable area that people tell me would really move us forward dramatically had to do with the renewable electricity standard, an RES," Udall said. "What we were trying to do and what he got into the energy package that passed through the House is a 15 percent portfolio standard that says to the investor-only utilities that you will have 15 percent of your portfolio in renewables, wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, the tides by 2020."

While the bill passed the House, Udall said, that part of the bill failed by one vote in the Senate.

"Watching this in the House, I realized that one more vote could make a difference up there in the Senate."

But Udall believes Democrats will get more than just one more vote in the Senate "looking at the quality of our candidates."

"I’m very proud of my record in the House, and I really look forward to working with this new majority in the Senate to lead our country forward to a bright, clean, jobs-oriented energy future," Udall concluded.

Also at the press conference were Gov. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Gov. Mark Warner of Virginia, U.S. Rep. Tom Allen of Maine and Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley. All gave short speeches after being introduced by Schumer.