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.
Javier Gonzales kept his position as head of state Democrats after a close vote Saturday. The Democratic Party of New Mexico’s State Central Committee voted for Gonzales by just 11 votes over attorney Sam Bregman.
Gonzales received 191 votes, Bregman receive 180 votes, and Letitia Montoya received nine votes from the State Central Committee.
“Today Democrats emerged united and ready for victory in 2012,” said Gonzales after the vote. “Our mission is clear: secure re-election for President Obama, elect a Democrat to succeed Jeff Bingaman and continue to hold Governor Martinez’s feet to the fire over her divisive agenda. New Mexicans want leaders focused on creating jobs and investing in education – and they’re not getting that from Martinez and the GOP.”
The vote is for another two-year term as head of the state Democratic Party. Gonzales is a regent at New Mexico State University, and this is his second term.
Bregman’s challenge was based in part on the fact that Gonzales was chair when the party faced losses in the 2010 election cycle, including the loss of the governor’s mansion, the Secretary of State’s office and one of the state’s three congressional districts.
