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.
It should come as a surprise to no political observers that Congressmen Martin Heinrich and Harry Teague are on the target list of the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC). Both New Mexico Democrats are serving their first terms after winning the heavily-contested open seats in 2008.
In both cases, the incumbent Republican House member decided to run for Senate instead.
According to Politico, “The NRCC sent out an e-mail to supportive political action committees with the list of 70 seats it hopes to pick up next year.” And Politico writes that 45 of the 70 seats targeted are those of either freshman or sophomore representatives.
Unsurprisingly, the heavily-Democratic 3rd Congressional District, held by freshman U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, is not on that list.
All three New Mexico seats already have GOP challengers. Former vice chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico Jon Barela is taking on Heinrich in the Albuquerque-based 1st Congressional District, ex-U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce is trying to take back his old seat from Teague in the 2nd Congressional District, and libertarian-leaning Republican Adam Kokesh is opposing Luján.
Barela and Pearce were both named to the NRCC’s Young Guns program.
