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.
Former Rep. Heather Wilson told Hotline On Call today that she isn’t thinking about another run for U.S. Senate in 2012. New Mexico’s senior U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman is up for re-election, though he is reportedly weighing retirement.
“The speculation is flattering,” Wilson said, but reiterated that she’s currently concentrating on her job as head of Gov.-elect Susana Martinez’s transition team. Wilson served in the U.S. House in New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District from 1998 to 2009, surviving a number of close elections.
Wilson left her seat to run for Senate in 2008 after longtime U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici retired due to health reasons. She lost in the primary to Steve Pearce, who had also left his seat as a congressman for the Senate run; he then went on to lose to Tom Udall in the general election.
Pearce’s departure opened up a five-way race for the Republican nomination. Greg Sowards, who finished third in that race, will run for Senate in 2012, according to his website.
William English, who called Barack Obama an “African dictator,” has already announced that he will run for Senate as a Republican candidate.
