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 congressional candidate and Iraq war veteran Adam Kokesh was arrested this weekend after dancing at Jefferson Memorial. Video of the arrest has over half a million views on YouTube, and Kokesh is planning to dance at the memorial again.
Freshman Democrat Ben Ray Lujan easily defeated Farmington engineer Tom Mullins Tuesday. Unofficial results from the Secretary of State’s office showed Lujan with 56.9 percent of the vote and Mullins with 43.1 percent of the vote as of 12:12 a.m. Wednesday.
This week the Santa Fe Reporter, the city’s liberal-leaning alternative weekly paper, published its endorsements, including Janice Arnold-Jones in the Republican primary for governor, Adam Kokesh over Tom Mullins in the congressional race and Jerry Ortiz y Pino in the…
The chairman of the San Juan County Republican Party has resigned from his position to support 3rd Congressional candidate Tom Mullins and gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez. County chairs are not allowed to support candidates facing primary competition.
Republican candidates for Congress are split on support for the controversial Arizona immigration law that has ignited debate and protests over the law that some think will lead to racial profiling.
Jon Barela, who is running against Albuquerque incumbent Martin…
Adam Kokesh, a Republican candidate for the 3rd Congressional District seat, signed onto the Contract From America, a play off the 1994 Republican Contract With America created by Newt Gingrich. This initiative is from the tea party movement, including…
Tom Mullins, a Republican who is running against Rep. Ben Ray Lujan in the 3rd Congressional District announced that he raised over $26,000 in the first quarter of 2010. Mullins announced the results on his campaign blog, where he…
Republican congressional candidate Adam Kokesh raised a little more than $57,000 in the first three months of 2010 according to his Federal Elections Commission campaign finance report. Kokesh has $12,000 cash on hand.
Congressman Ben Ray Luján reported raising about $150,000 in the first quarter of 2010 according to a campaign finance report filed with the Federal Elections Commission. Luján had $375,000 cash on hand at the end of March, according to…
Three Republican congressional candidates from New Mexico are denouncing acts and threats of violence that, thus far, have been aimed mostly at House Democrats who have supported health-care reform legislation.
Joe Campos qualified to appear on the primary ballot for lieutenant governor on Saturday after all, the Democratic Party of New Mexico has decided. The party says it’s required by state law to round up Campos’ 19.69 percent of delegate votes from the preprimary nominating convention to 20 percent – the threshold for qualifying for the ballot at the convention.
Update, 2:55 p.m.
Lieutenant governor
• Brian Moore: 41.24 percent
• Kent Cravens: 27.64 percent
• John Sanchez: 22.81 percent
• J.R. Damron: 8.29 percent
The Independent will be on hand at the Albuquerque Hilton Saturday at noon to live blog the 2010 Republican Party pre-primary convention, where candidates for office will vie for enough votes to be placed on the primary election ballot.
In particular,…
In an interview with the conservative blog Hot Air, Republican candidate Tom Mullins attacked his opponent in the Republican primary, Adam Kokesh, saying, “Adam is nothing more than an Internet celebrity and a war protester. I don’t believe New…
According to the Public Policy Polling numbers released today, two Democratic incumbents lead their Republican challengers while one is not far behind his Republican opponent.
Congressman Martin Heinrich leads Jon Barela 45 percent to 36 percent, Ben Ray Lujan both…
Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Steve Pearce outraised Democratic incumbent Harry Teague once again in the fourth quarter of 2009, but Teague still leads in overall fundraising during the election cycle.
Here are the statements we’ve received about President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address from New Mexico politicians and candidates for office:
That’s how the Democratic Party Of New Mexico has responded to GOP congressional hopeful Adam Kokesh’s comments about U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan and his father Ben Lujan, the speaker of the New Mexico state House.
On Wednesday, The New…
Just days before New Mexico House Speaker Ben Lujan launched the 2010 legislative session, Adam Kokesh, a Republican primary candidate in the 3rd Congressional District, accused the powerful speaker of helping put his son Ben Ray Lujan in Congress through his “ability to make bribes and promises from the statehouse.” But the SEC has charged Kokesh’s own father for allegedly misappropriating $45 million from investors in four businesses.
Republican candidate for the 3rd Congressional District Tom Mullins took a swipe at his sole opponent in the Republican primary, Adam Kokesh, in a post on his official campaign blog yesterday. Mullins wrote that he believes that the actions…
