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.
The 2008 elections featured the best results that Democrats in New Mexico could have hoped for — for the first time in the state’s history, all five federal seats are held by Democrats. But national political analyst Stuart Rothenberg sees a possible Republican revival in New Mexico.
“Republicans seem almost certain to win back at least one of the state’s congressional districts, the 2nd, and now appear to have a least a fighting chance to take back the 1st district,” Rothenberg wrote for CQ Politics.
While Rothenberg thinks that Republican challenger Jon Barela has a chance at retaking the seat for Republicans, incumbent Martin Heinrich, a Democrat, “still has to be regarded as the favorite in his bid for re-election.”
After speaking with Jon Barela in Washington D.C., Rothenberg moved the district to “Leans Democratic” from “Democrat favored.”
