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…
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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 two candidates for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District seat have been trading barbs over the airwaves and in the news media for months, but have rarely met face to face. That changes this week with three televised events and a fourth in front of a live audience but with no cameras.
Democrat Martin Heinrich went into the CD1 race with lower name recognition than his Republican opponent, popular Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White, but with the advantage that all Democrats nationwide have enjoyed — the dismal approval ratings of President Bush. Heinrich has centered his campaign on White’s support of Bush and the administration’s policies, while White says his opponent has misled voters and can’t be trusted in Washington, D.C.
The two candidates faced off in August at a forum for sportsmen, but since then, nada. Now, with less than two weeks to the election and more than a week after early voting began, voters can finally see the two in action, starting Wednesday.
The schedule calls for White and Heinrich to meet in a live debate hosted by KOB-TV (Channel 4) at 7 p.m. Wednesday, followed at 7 p.m. Thursday with a live, televised debate hosted by New Mexico First. The latter event begins with a town hall, to be followed by a roundtable debate, and will be broadcast from the Albuquerque Convention Center by KNME-TV (Channel 5).
The candidates will debate again at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Congregation Albert, 3800 Louisiana Blvd. N.E., in a non-televised event. That afternoon at 4 p.m., KOAT-TV (Channel 7) hosts the last of the televised debates.
