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…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Contributions from CDR Financial Products and its owner to Gov. Bill Richardson have grabbed the most headlines in recent days. But a new report (pdf) from the National Institute on Money in State Politics shows that CDR and owner David Rubin have spread the money around, giving another $91,000 to Democratic elected officeholders and party officials in six other states in the last few years.
The report doesn’t count the $100,000 that CDR and Rubin gave to two political action committees that Richardson started and that figure in a federal probe that cost him a Cabinet post. It only shows the $20,000 that CDR and Rubin gave to Richardson for his 2006 re-election campaign, and $10,000 that was given to Lt. Gov. Diane Denish.
That should keep readers of the report mindful of the money that’s perhaps not tallied there.
Having said that, all told, officials in Pennsylvania, California, Georgia, Tennessee, Indiana and Massachusetts also received contributions from CDR or Rubin.
Governors, and gubernatorial candidates, received most of the $121,000 the institute found, with about $100,000 of that going to four governors, including Richardson, and one gubernatorial candidate.
Of the seven states, Pennsylvania received the most money from CDR/Rubin: $42,500, with Gov. Ed Rendell easily outdistancing that state’s other recipients with $35,000 of that. California got $42,700, with former Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante receiving $21,200 during his unsuccessful 2003 race against Arnold Schwarzenegger for the governor’s seat.
Tennessee officials only received $20,000, but CDR and Rubin gave to 19 individuals or committees, the report shows.
