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.
Republican secretary of state candidate Dianna Duran reported raising $77,000 in contributions for the three-week period ending Tuesday, according to a campaign finance report filed Thursday.
The contributions came in the waning weeks of the 2010 election season as Duran, a GOP state senator, hopes to become New Mexico’s first Republican Secretary of State in 80 years by knocking off first-term Democratic Secretary of State Mary Herrera, who is seeking re-election.
Duran easily outpaced Herrera in contributions the last reporting period, but Herrera had not filed her report as of this writing to see if Duran had kept her fundraising edge.
Duran’s fundraising haul was powered by a $25,000 contribution from the state Republican Party and a $7,500 contribution from Mack EnergyCorp. of Artesia. She also received two $5,000 contributions ,
She also received a pair of $5,000 contributions — one from Bank Consultants Inc. of Carlsbad, and one from Foster Friess, an investor from Jackson, Wyoming.
Friess made a big splash earlier this election season when he gave Republican gubernatorial candidate $200,000.
According to her report, Duran spent $130,000 in the three weeks between Oct. 5 and Tuesday, with $125,000 of that coming in two media buys.
Duran reported having $32,000 on hand at the end of the reporting period.
