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.
There are still a couple of U.S. House seats awaiting the verdict of a special election. The 20th Congressional District in New York is the most competitive of those open seats, with both Republicans and Democrats putting significant effort into the race.
And two U.S. representatives from New Mexico, Ben Ray Luján and Harry Teague, have pitched in a few dollars to help fellow Democrat Scott Murphy in his race against Republican Jim Tedisco, according to Roll Call.
Roll Call reports that Teague gave Murphy’s campaign $1,000 in personal funds. Luján gave $1,000 from his campaign funds. The special election will be held on March 31. The seat was previously held by Democrat Karen Gillibrand, who was appointed to the U.S. Senate by New York Gov. David Paterson to replace Hillary Clinton, who became the nation’s secretary of state.
The money in the upstate New York seat is eye-popping, considering the short time the candidates have had to campaign.
Through March 11, Murphy, who is making his first run for political office, raised more than $1.1 million, including $250,000 from his own pocket. He had spent $705,000 and had $444,000 in the bank for the final push of the campaign.
Tedisco, who has served in the state Legislature since 1983, raised more than $1 million, a figure that includes $200,000 that he loaned to his own campaign. He had spent $569,000 through March 11 and had $468,000 on hand.
Roll Call also reports that the National Republican Campaign Committee had spent $553,000 in independent expenditures through Thursday. The Democratic Congressional Committee spent $336,000 by the same date. Not to mention the money spent by unions and conservative political action committees.
