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.
Dianna Duran is ready to claim a victory in the Secretary of State’s race.
“I am ready to say the people of New Mexico have spoken,” she told The Independent before taking the podium at the Albuquerque Hilton where Republicans were watching election results.
Unofficial results appear to show that Duran has defeated first-term Democratic Secretary of State Mary Herrera. If those results hold, Duran will become the first GOP Secretary of State in 80 years.
As of 9 p.m. the Secretary of State’s website was showing Duran leading Herrera by 30,000 votes.
“This is not a night for Dianna Duran,” Duran told the crowd at the Hilton. “It is a night for New Mexicans. I cannot thank you enough.”
I just cannot thank you enough.
