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.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Domenici Jr. will release information about campaign contributions he’s been collecting on Monday, according to Domenici spokesman Doug Antoon.
The Democratic Party of New Mexico is starting to get impatient with three Republican gubernatorial candidates who say they will or may voluntarily release campaign finance information before the next report is due in April– but haven’t yet done it.…
Pete Domenici Jr. is ahead of Las Cruces District Attorney Susana Martinez by nearly 18 points— in a poll that was conducted before Domenici admitted to using cocaine and marijuana as a young man.
The office of Lt. Gov. Diane Denish says it inadvertently violated the state’s Inspection of Public Records Act late last year when it failed to forward two requests from Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh to another agency that maintained some of the records that were sought.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez has the public backing of 25 percent of Republican state senators and representatives–10 of 40. What does it mean? Do endorsements matter? Depends on whom you ask.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh says he may join other candidates who have chosen to voluntarily release campaign finance reports this month.
“We’re considering it,” Weh spokesman Christopher Sanchez wrote this morning in an e-mail.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez raised almost $143,000 in monetary contributions during the fourth quarter of 2009, her campaign announced today.
That’s slightly better than the $141,000 Martinez raised from July to September.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish raised just under $750,000 in monetary contributions during the fourth quarter of 2009, her campaign announced today in calling it her “strongest quarter yet.”
State law prohibits lawmakers and the governor from soliciting campaign contributions during and around the legislative session that begins Tuesday. But it doesn’t prevent them, the lieutenant governor, or others running for office, from accepting donations during the same period.
On Wednesday we wrote about Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh’s call for New Mexico Attorney General Gary King to join 13 GOP attorneys general in challenging the constitutionality of health care reform legislation that passed the Senate…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh wants Attorney General Gary King to join 13 GOP attorneys general in questioning the constitutionality of a health care reform bill that is making its way through Congress.
Later this week, Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez will voluntarily release a year-end report of contributions and expenditures for 2009, campaign spokesman Adam Deguire said. The law doesn’t require her to release another report until April 12.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish says one of the Republican candidates, Janice Arnold-Jones, has “shown a real commitment to increased transparency” but voters may be wondering about the other three GOP hopefuls.
“At least one of the four…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones has one-upped Democratic candidate Diane Denish in the battle over who’s being the most transparent about her campaign’s funding.
Arnold-Jones has posted on her Web site information about every campaign contribution she’s…
The Albuquerque Journal took a look at the Republican gubernatorial primary on Sunday. It also published individual articles on each of the four candidates:
• Janice…
It’s taken six months, but I’ve now profiled all four Republican candidates for governor.
I met with each when they made trips to Las Cruces and had time for an interview. The first interview, with Allen Weh, was in June.…
What sets apart Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez is her crime-fighting record, and she has staked her candidacy on ending corruption. But her support of a tax increase for public safety in 2005 reveals that she’s also not afraid to make tough choices that could be politically unpopular.
If Diane Denish doesn’t like being a victim of negative political attacks, she should stop attacking others, Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones says.
According to a press release from the campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh, his campaign bus, “Freedom1″ was destroyed in a fire Friday night while it was in a storage facility in Belen. The cause of the fire is…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh says he is opposed to trying accused terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in federal civil court, citing a Wall Street Journal opinion piece from Saturday.
“Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to provide a ‘fair’ day…
