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.
In the Democratic lieutenant governor’s race, only Brian Colón and Lawrence Rael qualified today to appear on the ballot, and in the land commissioner race only one candidate – Ray Powell – topped the 20 percent threshold.
Here are the full results”
Lieutenant governor
• Brian Colón: 34.3 percent
• Lawrence Rael: 21.9 percent
• Joe Campos: 19.9 percent
• Jerry Ortiz y Pino: 18.6 percent
• Linda Lopez: 5 percent
Land commissioner
• Ray Powell: 44.4 percent
• Harry Montoya: 19.32 percent
• Sandy Jones: 18.6 percent
• Mike Anaya: 17.6 percent
As is the case with Republicans, Democratic candidates who didn’t get 20 percent and want to stay on the ballot can do so by collecting more signatures – but because there are so many more Democrats than Republicans in the state, it’s a much more difficult task for Democrats.
The number a candidate has to turn in is based on the number of people who voted in their party’s last primary for governor. I don’t have the exact number for Democrats right now, but it’s about 1,200 additional signatures for Republicans.
