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.
Democratic Land Commissioner candidate Harry Montoya says he’s staying in the race even though he didn’t get 20 percent at the party’s preprimary nominating convention on Saturday.
“…I am going to collect the signatures, already started yesterday!” Montoya wrote in an e-mail.
Ray Powell easily won the land commissioner vote at the convention, winning the support of 44.43 percent of delegates. Montoya came in second at 19.32 percent, while Sandy Jones finished third at 18.64 percent and Mike Anaya came in fourth at 17.61 percent.
Jones says he’s also staying in the race. Anaya hasn’t made a public announcement about his plans.
By law, those who fail to get 20 percent at the convention have to collect twice as many signatures as those who do get 20 percent if they want to appear on the ballot. And no candidate who has failed the organizational test of getting 20 percent at the convention has gone on to win the primary.
