A grand jury in New Mexico has indicted a failed Republican state legislative candidate who allegedly was so angry over losing his 2022 midterm election that he conspired with others to shoot the homes and businesses of elected officials in the state's largest city.

Solomon Peña has been indicted on 14 criminal charges by a Bernalillo County Grand Jury, according to a release from the district attorney's office on Monday. All charges are connected to what police previously called apparent politically motivated attacks in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

We want to thank the Albuquerque Police Department and our other law enforcement partners for bringing Mr. Pena to justice,” Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman said in the release. “An attack on elected leaders is an attack on our democracy."

Peña's charges, according to the release, include three counts of criminal solicitation to commit a shooting at a dwelling or occupied building, two counts of conspiracy to commit a shooting at a dwelling or occupied building, two counts of unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, two counts of transportation or possession of a firearm or destructive device and one count of shooting at a dwelling or occupied building.

Peña lost in Nov. 2022 to incumbent state Rep. Miguel P. Garcia, a longtime Democrat representative of House District 14 in the South Valley. Garcia won by roughly 3,600 votes according to the Associated Press, which was reportedly 48 percentage points. After his loss, Peña reportedly made baseless claims his election was "rigged."

Apparently enraged by his election loss, Peña approached county and state lawmakers and claimed to them that his race was rigged against him, the AP reports. The shootings reportedly began shortly after Peña conversed with those officials.

Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina described Peña as the "mastermind" of the apparent politically-motivated criminal conspiracy that resulted in four shootings at or near the homes of two county commissioners and two state legislators spanning from early December to early January, according to the AP.

This type of radicalism is a threat to our nation and has made its way to our doorstep right here in Albuquerque, New Mexico," Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said according to the AP. "But I know we are going to push back, and we will not allow this to cross the threshold."

Authorities say at least five people, including Peña, were involved in the shooting. Peña is accused of paying others to commit the shootings in at least two of the instances but is also accused of pulling the trigger in one instance. Police claim Peña is their "key" suspect in the case.

No one was injured in any of the shootings, according to police.

New Mexico state Sen. Linda Lopez, one of the alleged victims of the shootings, said in a statement that three bullets went through her 10-year-old daughter's bedroom according to the AP.