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.
Albuquerque Democrat Martin Heinrich, who is running for reelection to Congress in 2010, is one of four freshman representatives who have been endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice America Political Action Committee, Roll Call reported Monday.
“Rep. Heinrich has a solid record of standing up for women’s freedom and privacy,” NARAL Pro-Choice America Nancy Keenan said in a press release. “He is an outstanding advocate for New Mexico’s commonsense pro-choice values.
Heinrich’s wife, Julie, has been active with NARAL Pro-Choice New Mexico.
Along with the endorsement, the four members of Congress received $5,000 donations from the PAC.
Meanwhile, in what Harry Teague, D-N.M., has to view as good news, in September, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raised twice as much money as the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC).
The DCCC raised “more than $7 million and ending the month with more than $14.7 million stockpiled for the 2010 midterm elections” according to CQ Politics, while the NRCC “raised $3.4 million in September” and “will report $4.3 million in cash on hand.” The DCCC, however, also has $4 million in debt compared to the $2 million of debt as of the end of September.
The DCCC spent substantially in both the 1st Congressional District, now held by Heinrich, and the 2nd Congressional District, now held by Teague, in 2008. The NRCC, meanwhile, never put money into the 2nd Congressional District race and dropped most two-thirds of its media buy in the 1st Congressional District race.
Already, the NRCC has dubbed former Republicans Steve Pearce and Jon Barela as part of its ‘young guns’ program while Heinrich and Teague are part of the DCCC’s Frontline Democrats fundraising program.
Both hope to aid candidates in potentially tough races in 2010.
Teague is once again being highlighted as one of the most endangered members of the House for reelection, this time by political analyst Stuart Rothenberg. In Roll Call, Rothenberg puts Teague in the company of “more than a dozen Democratic members” of Congress most of whom, by the time next November rolls around, “are likely to be underdogs for re-election.”
Teague faces former U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce, R-N.M. Pearce left the seat for an unsuccessful run for Senate.
The Republican Party of New Mexico made sure to circulate the article to media across the state.
The (subscription-only) Cook Political Report notes that Barela and Pearce are two of 51 Republican candidates in Democratic-held areas to have more than $100,000 in the bank. In fact, Pearce has the fourth-most money of any Republican challenger.
Two of those ahead of him, Randy Altschurer, R-N.Y., and Ben Loyola, R-Va., had significant self-funding. The third, Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, is — like Pearce — a former Congressman.
