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.
Susana Martinez is the latest gubernatorial candidate to put advertising on TV. The biographical ad concentrates on her time as Doña Ana County District Attorney, honing in a theme Martinez has frequently used: corruption.
Martinez won the Republican pre-primary convention with nearly half of the votes from the delegates, earning top position on the ballot. Former state Republican Party chairman Allen Weh was the only other to receive the 20 percent necessary to automatically qualify for the ballot, with 26 percent.
State Rep. Janice Arnold Jones, PR firm owner Doug Turner and attorney Pete Domenici Jr. all got a place on the ballot by turning in nominating petitions.
The full transcript of Martinez’s ad is here:
Narrator: A tough prosecutor, she fights for victims and backs down to no one.
Susana Martinez.She’s taken on members of the most violent Mexican drug cartels. Prosecuted corrupt public officials. Convicted the country clerk, even a judge. Now she’s running for governor.
Martinez: Turning New Mexico around and creating jobs, it starts by ending corruption.
Narrator: Susana Martinez.
Martinez: We must be bold and bring real change to New Mexico.
Narrator: Susana Martinez for governor.
