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.
One thing is sure after Tuesday’s primary election: New Mexico will elect its first woman governor in November. Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez set up an all-female contest with Democratic Lt. Gov. Diane Denish on Tuesday after easily dispatching state GOP chairman Allen Weh in the GOP gubernatorial primary.
The first skirmish of the Republican gubernatorial race went to Susana Martinez, as Martinez took a plurality of early and absentee ballots in Bernalillo County, the state’s most populous county. Martinez took 46.71 percent, while Allen Weh took 35.49 percent.…
Set your DVR now for 7 p.m. Friday night when KNME’s New Mexico in Focus will air a panel discussion with almost all of the candidates running for lieutenant governor. Correspondent Sarah Gustavus will sit down with Democrats Jose Campos,…
Former state Democratic Party chair Brian Colón leads the race for lieutenant governor with 20.6 percent of the respondents, according to a poll for New Mexico Politics by Joe Monahan, conducted by Roswell-based Dialing Services.
Executive director of the Mid-Region…
Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Brian Colón launched his second TV ad today. According to a press release by his campaign, the ad will be airing on network and cable TV statewide.
Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Brian Colón has released his first TV ad, a month before the primary election. The ad will air statewide, according to the campaign.
While the Secretary of State’s office on Monday extended the deadline for campaigns to turn in their campaign finance disclosure reports, some reports have already been posted on the Secretary of State’s new Web site.
Totals in the statewide…
In a fundraising appeal, Lt. Gov. candidate Jerry Ortiz y Pino accused Democratic primary candidate Brian Colon of “push/pull polling,” a charge that Colon’s campaign manager Dan Sena denied to The Independent Thursday evening.
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.
Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Joe Campos says he’s staying in the race even though he didn’t get 20 percent at the party’s preprimary nominating convention on Saturday.
Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Jerry Ortiz y Pino says he’s staying in the race even though he didn’t get 20 percent at the party’s preprimary nominating convention on Saturday. “I am not at all discouraged by this hurdle,” Ortiz y…
Lawrence Rael became today the first candidate in the lieutenant governor’s race to spend money on television ads. The Democrat is out with an ad that focuses on his “ability to build relationships for a better New Mexico,” according to…
Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano announced on his personal blog this weekend that he was ending his race for the Democratic lieutenant governor nomination, citing a large disparity between the amount of money the most successful fundraisers…
Jerry Ortiz y Pino says progressives have been “used” by the Democratic Party in New Mexico for a long time. He says his candidacy for lieutenant governor is “a great opportunity for the progressive wing of the party to assert itself.”
Brian Colón says his strength is making connections and bringing people together. It’s what has made him successful in life, and he says it’s a big factor in the work he did as chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico.
Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Brian Colón raised a whopping $277,034 since entering the race in August.
That includes $12,831 in in-kind contributions, but the rest is straight up cash. And Colón spent only about $13,000, so he has $251,049…
Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Brian Colón is off to a quick start, having already raised more than $100,000. Colón announced the fundraising number in an e-mail he sent to supporters early today. “In less than one month we passed the magical…
Law student and former Naval Officer Matt Padilla, a Democrat, announced that he will not run for lieutenant governor in a release sent to media early this morning. That leaves seven Democrats already running or considering running for lieutenant governor…
The Santa Fe County Democrats will host all seven (yes, seven) candidates for Lieutenant Governor at a forum on Wednesday, Sept. 16 according to a press release from the party. The seven candidates will each give five minutes opening statements…
In case you were wondering, the number of Democrats who are either in the race or have expressed interest in the race to replace Diane Denish as lieutenant governor is now at nine.
Santa Fe County Sheriff, one of…
