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.
Brian Sanderoff and NBC News have projected that Republican Susana Martinez will win the race for governor.
Sanderoff, a respected pollster who does the Albuquerque Journal poll, made the call on KOAT-TV a few minutes ago.
Meanwhile a big cheer went up at the GOP watch party at the Albuquerque Hilton when Republican state party chairman Harvey Yates told the crowd that NBC was also projecting that the Dona Ana County prosecutor would win the race.
The projections came early on Election Night, only an hour and a half after New Mexico polls had closed. But they weren’t a big surprise. Martinez has led Democratic Lt. Gov. Diane Denish for months in voter surveys.
