Phillip J. Maloof is a businessman who served as a Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate.
In 1998, he was the chairman of the Senate's Democratic caucus.
[3] Maloof was the Democratic candidate for New Mexico's 1st congressional district in a 1998 special election and in that year's general election.
He put a then-large amount of money into his own candidacy, making it one of the most expensive races in the country.
[4] He lost both elections to Republican candidate Heather Wilson.