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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.
New Mexico Republicans looked east for inspiration Tuesday night after big victories by Republicans Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie. Republican Party chairman Harvey Yates, Jr. said, “We may be witnessing the beginning of a trend in which the citizens of this state and of this nation have begun to return to conservative principles.”
Christie defeated incumbent governor Jon Corzine in New Jersey while McDonnell defeated Democrat Creigh Deeds in Virginia.
Two Republican gubernatorial candidates quickly weighed in on the news Tuesday evening.
“Tonight’s GOP victories in New Jersey and Virginia are testimony to Americans’ desire for real leadership and commonsense values,” former Republican Party chairman Allen Weh said in a statement. “New Mexicans tell me every day on the campaign trail that they are eager to move forward, to elect leaders who will pursue commonsense policies that take care of our families and our small businesses.”
“Tonight’s results in both New Jersey and Virginia demonstrate that voters across the country are concerned with massive deficits, increased taxes, and reckless fiscal policies,” Doña Ana District Attorney Susana Martinez said.
Martinez also used the New Jersey victory, the more surprising of the two Republican victories, to bolster some of her credentials.
“Chris Christie, a prosecutor with a record of holding corrupt public officials to account, carried a Democratic state that has been plagued by corruption scandals,” Martinez said. “Diane Denish represents the administration in New Mexico that has made ‘pay-to-play’ a household term.”
Yates said that the victories signified a movement back to conservatives because of “these uncertain economic times and by the job eating, big-government approach of the Obama administration nationally and of the Richardson administration here in New Mexico.”
Exit polls in Virginia and New Jersey showed that Obama was not a factor in most voters’ minds.
The Democratic Governor’s Association (DGA), had a different take, as one might expect. DGA executive director Nathan Daschle issued a statement that said the group was looking ahead to 2010.
“The question on everyone’s mind will be: ‘What does this mean?’ The answer is simple,” said Daschle. “Nothing. The party in the White House has lost these races for 24 straight years, and this election merely continued that streak. New Jersey and Virginia are independent-minded states, and tonight they reminded us of that.”
Update 9:00 a.m.
Doug Turner sent out a press release minutes ago.
“Conservative values swept today as voters, angry at being ignored by an arrogant big government elite, threw out even the best funded incumbents,” said Doug Turner. “The only difference between today’s outcome and where New Mexicans stand is that we have even more reason to change the balance of power because of how terribly plagued by corruption New Mexico has been as of late.”
