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.
Democrat Diane Denish and Republican Susana Martinez both say if elected governor they would support sending more money to the agency, which despite its oversight role and several high-profile corruption scandals, has endured deep budget cuts in recent years. The New Mexico Livestock Board and the Gaming Control Board work with annual budgets nearly double the size of the State Auditor’s office. Even Legislative Building Services at the State Capitol, at $4 million, gets more money.
Watch the video and read a transcript of our live blog of Thursday’s debate between gubernatorial hopefuls Diane Denish and Susana Martinez.
The New Mexico governor’s race has gotten more competitive lately, according to Washington Post political writers Chris Cilizza and Dan Balz, who today moved it from “lean Democratic” to “toss-up.”
The paper rates Senate and governor’s races across the…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez told NMPolitics.net that she supports a path to legalization for those in the country illegally while Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish said she wasn’t sure about the best plan for those already in the country…
Republican Susana Martinez on Monday finally sent in a response to questions The Independent posed to both gubernatorial candidates last week about the consequences of ending New Mexico’s policy of giving illegal immigrants state driver’s licenses.
But like her…
The race between Republican Susana Martinez and Democrat Diane Denish is “a statistical dead heat,” according to Republican polling firm The Magellan Strategies. Although the poll showed that 44 percent of likely voters back Denish and 43 percent back…
Both gubernatorial candidates have released ads in the past few days—Republican Susana Martinez has a new ad in Spanish, while Democrat Diane Denish has two ads, including one criticizing Martinez’s record on plea deals with sex offenders.
According to the New Mexico Secretary of State’s office, polling places have been pretty quiet so far today. Odds are you haven’t voted. Do you need to know where to vote? And who’s on the ballot? We’ve got all that info for you here.
Bob J. Perry, the Texas developer behind the anti-John Kerry Swift Boat Veterans for Truth 527 group gave $450,000 to the gubernatorial campaign of Susana Martinez and airline service company owner Allen Weh loaned his campaign another $600,000. Those are…
The UNM Graduate and Professional Student Association is hosting a GOP gubernatorial candidate forum on Friday at 3 p.m. in the Student Union Building on UNM’s main campus.
Unlike tonight’s televised debate, students, faculty, staff, and community members welcome to attend.…
Tune in to KOB channel 4 tonight at 7 p.m. for a debate between the Republican gubernatorial candidates.
The debate, sponsored by The Rio Grande Foundation, will also air on 770 KKOB-AM and be shown online at KOB.com. It will…
At first glance today’s Rasmussen poll showing Democrat Diane Denish leads GOP guv candidate Susana Martinez looks like good news for Denish—until you remember that Denish led Martinez by 19 points in late March. But since then the five…
Allen Weh‘s recent ad slamming his GOP gubernatorial primary candidate Susana Martinez on Hooters, hotels and iPods is “grossly misleading,” according to FactCheck.org, a non-partisan, nonprofit project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of…
Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez leads former state party chair Allen Weh 41 to 30 percent with less than a week before the primary, shows a poll commissioned by New Mexico Politics With Joe Monahan and…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Turner issued a statement this week criticizing state Republican Party chairman Harvey Yates, Jr. for getting involved in a dispute between Republican gubernatorial frontrunners Susana Martinez and Allen Weh.
“For Chairman Harvey Yates to take sides…
The last two gubernatorial candidates I interviewed for New Mexico in Focus happened to be the two women who now appear to be the front runners. Well, Denish is the only horse in the Democrats’ stable, but Martinez has made…
In the latest development in the back-and-forth ad war over illegal immigration between Republican gubernatorial candidates, Allen Weh has released a spot touting his opposition to so-called amnesty and sanctuary cities. The ad also trumpets his opposition to…
My 15-minute one-on-one interviews with Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, a Democrat who has no primary opposition, and Susana Martinez, the Doña Ana County district attorney, will air tonight at 7 p.m. on KNME‘s New Mexico in Focus. In…
Just days after former GOP Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin visited Albuquerque to endorse Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez, former President Bill Clinton headlined an Albuquerque fundraiser for Democratic candidate Diane Denish. Local blogger Barb Wold of…
Susana Martinez needs a jolt to push her ahead of Allen Weh in June, and past Democrat Diane Denish in November. And depending who you ask, Sarah Palin’s endorsement might just be the lightning strike Martinez she needed. On the same day a major poll showed Martinez in a virtual tie with Weh, the 2008 Republican Vice Presidential candidate offered her support to the Doña Ana County D.A.
