I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
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The nonprofit group known as Freedom’s Watch is now disbanding, according to PolitickerNV.
The group was hyped as the latest in a long line of conservative answers to Move On, the liberal advocacy group. The nonprofit aired ads in the 1st Congressional District race in New Mexico opposing Martin Heinrich and in the U.S. Senate race opposing fellow Democrat Tom Udall.
Heinrich won by more than 10 percentage points over Republican Darren White in last month’s election and Udall won by more than 20 points against Republican Steve Pearce.
There is a lot of question on how much they spent and, indeed how effectively Freedom’s Watch spent its money nationwide.
But by spring of this year, it was apparent that Freedom’s Watch wasn’t the behemoth that it once appeared. [President Bradley] Blakeman left in a staff shake up that also included Communications Director Matt David. And while officials declined to state how much the organization spent on advertising efforts, they said it fell far short of the $200 million that had once been rumored.
[Ed] Patru, the Freedom’s Watch spokesman, declined to state how much the organization spent but said it was at least $30 million, the maximum figure Freedom’s Watch is required to report.
