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.
On Tuesday Democrats rejected all three candidates who took high dollar donations from Republicans. The New Mexico Turn Around political action committee is run by New Mexico Republican Party Executive Director Ryan Cangliosi. At its inception, Harvey Yates, Jr., the chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party, sat on its board. The PAC gave $4,000 each to the challengers of incumbent state representatives Eleanor Chavez, Miguel Garcia and Richard Vigil.
As The Independent reported last week, the PAC has raised a little more than $17,000 this election cycle from prominent Republicans:
According to reports with the Secretary of State’s office, the political committee has raised a little more than $17,000 for this election cycle, including $8,000 from PetroYates, a company owned by the Yates family. Another $3,000 came from the Jalapeno Corporation — a company for which Cangiolosi is business manager. Another $5,000 came from Jim Bohlander, who sits on the Republican Party of Santa Fe Central Committee. The last significant contribution, $1,000, came from the Aragon Law Firm.
Unofficial election results show that all three incumbents won their races handily. Chavez won her race in District 13, on Albuquerque’s southwest side, against Matthew Archuleta with a little more than 56 percent of the votes. Garcia won in a landslide against Michael Atler, with 69.5 percent of the votes in another Albuquerque southwest area, District 14. And in the northern part of the state, Vigil won the District 70 seat by a little more than 36 percent in a four way race that included the NM Turn Around supported Barbara Casey.
