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.
Adam Kokesh, a candidate for Congress in New Mexico’s 3rd district, is looking like the Republican front-runner just one short year after he crashed the Republican National Convention. Over the course of a year, he’s made the move from confrontation-seeking anti-war activist to clean-cut politician in the mold of the man he supported in 2008, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).
Here’s an interesting tidbit brought to our attention by our Washington bureau. Adam Kokesh, who is running for Congress as a Republican in the deeply Democratic 3rd Congressional district that includes Santa Fe and Taos, has posted on…
While we got the fundraising numbers of Harry Teague, Steve Pearce and Jon Barela early, the numbers were officially posted on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Web site today.
Martin Heinrich raised $238,235.10 in the 3rd quarter and…
Tom Mullins, an engineer in Farmington, announced today that he’s running as a Republican for the 3rd Congressional District seat held by Democrat Ben Ray Luján. Mullins will face the Ron Paul-backed Adam Kokesh in a primary. Kokesh had…
Former Alaska Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate Mike Gravel has endorsed Republican Adam Kokesh, who is running for Congress in Northern New Mexico, reports the Washington Independent.
Republican 3rd Congressional District challenger Adam Kokesh, R-N.M., raised more than $80,000 in the fundraising quarter that ended on September 30 — more than the $70,000 that incumbent Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., raised in the same time period, the
The Washington Independent has an interesting article today about how two Ron Paul-backed GOP candidates — one of them Paul’s son — are causing headaches for mainstream Republican operatives who favor other candidates in what promise to be important…
It should come as a surprise to no political observers that Congressmen Martin Heinrich and Harry Teague are on the target list of the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC). Both New Mexico Democrats are serving their first terms…
Ron Paul and his army of supporters want Republican Adam Kokesh to be the next congressman from northern New Mexico. But that doesn’t mean voters in the 3rd Congressional District are ready to give Democrat Ben Ray Luján the boot, University of New Mexico professor Gabriel Sanchez argues.
Here’s something I should have noticed in writing last night about campaign finance reports: When Iraq war veteran turned antiwar activist Adam Kokesh filed his statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on July 6, he…
U.S. Reps. Martin Heinrich and Harry Teague, D-N.M., each raised more than $300,000 for their 2010 re-election campaigns between April 1 and June 30.
Here’s an example of why Adam Kokesh’s bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., next year is so interesting.
On Sunday night I posted a poll on my politics Web site asking whether Luján or…
Peace activist and Iraq war veteran Adam Kokesh launched his campaign for Congress this past holiday weekend. Kokesh raised $25,000 online on Independence Day as part of a “money bomb” from the supporters of Texas Congressman Ron Paul —…
An Iraq war veteran and anti-war activist who is considering challenging U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., next year is getting some help from a politico whose followers are among the most enthusiastic around.
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