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.
New Mexico political reporter–and New Mexico Independent alum–Heath Haussamen ran a story characterizing Las Cruces District Attorney Susana Martinez as a “game changer” when she announced her candidacy for Governor in July 2009.
The Haussamen piece credited New Mexico State University Professor Jose Z. Garcia with the “game changer” label, and analyzed the qualities that had great potential for leading Martinez to victory:
Jose Z. Garcia, a New Mexico State University government professor and political analyst, said Martinez’s entry into the race will be “a game changer,” both in the Republican primary and, if she wins the primary, a general-election matchup with likely 2010 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Diane Denish.
Martinez is Hispanic. She’s a woman. She has a proven record of winning Democratic votes away from Democratic opponents. And she’s a prosecutor at a time when the state’s Democrats are mired in corruption scandals.
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