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.
U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., is traveling to speak to a tea party meeting in the state’s largest city, but he tells NMPolitics.net that his Albuquerque trip has nothing to do with a potential Senate run. Pearce has said he is considering a run at the open U.S. Senate seat but has yet to make a decision.
Pearce will be speaking at a tea party even in Albuquerque’s west side — outside his district.
Eric Layer, a spokesman for Pearce, told NMPolitics.net:
“He was invited to attend, and it fit into his schedule – he’ll be in the northern part of the 2nd District for much of that day.”
So far, there are three candidates in the Republican primary, former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, Greg Sowards and Bill English.
Pearce faced Wilson in a bruising Republican primary in 2008, the last time there was an open seat election for Senate in New Mexico. Pearce edged Wilson in the primary after a bruising campaign and went on to lose to Tom Udall in the general election.
On the Democratic side, U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich, State Auditor Hector Balderas and activist Andres Valdez are all seeking to represent the Democrats in the general election.
