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.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee plans to scale back its investment in ads for Harry Teague, Hotline On Call reported on Wednesday.
DCCC chairman Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., told The Independent that this isn’t an indication that the group…
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is going up with a big buy in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. The committee will have a $300,000 TV buy attacking Steve Pearce on a number of fronts, including ethics concerns related to the…
Republican Jon Barela aired his first TV ad today in his quest to unseat Democratic incumbent Congressman Martin Heinrich. The ad focuses on the national debt and job losses.
In the ad Barela doesn’t mention his opponent by name,…
Both gubernatorial candidates released two new television ads today. Democrat Diane Denish’s ad features women saying they support Denish because of education and jobs, while Martinez’s ad features support of police officers from around the state.
Denish’s ad is a…
An ad by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish “distorts Republican Susana Martinez’s 10-year record as district attorney” according to FactCheck.org.
Denish used the wrong numbers to back up her claim that Martinez’s office’s homicide conviction rate was “the worst…
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.
The general election in the gubernatorial race has already been the site of a number of negative ads from candidates Diane Denish and Susana Martinez. This comes after a bruising final few weeks in the Republican primary, which…
If you thought that New Mexico would get a respite from ads after the primary, you were wrong. The Denish campaign has released an ad echoing previous attacks by democratic sheriffs on Martinez’s record as Doña Ana County…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones is airing two ads focusing on her efforts to stop corruption in state government.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh’s fourth ad of the primary election focuses on jobs. In it, the former state Republican Party chairman says that “career politicians got us into this mess.”
Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez’s fourth TV ad continues her use of her record as a District Attorney in her campaign for governor. In this ad, the family of slain-New Mexico State University student Carly Martinez speaks…
Democratic gubernatorial candidate, and current Lt. Gov., Diane Denish has aired her first ad, a biographical ad where she outlines some plans to cut government spending.
The first ad by GOP candidate for governor Janice Arnold-Jones features testimonials by New Mexicans as well as former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez’s third TV ad focuses on corruption in school districts and rails against environmental rules for the oil and gas industry.
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.
A key claim in the latest ad by Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh isn’t true, according to documents obtained NMPolitics.net. Weh asserted that Denish “spent stimulus money to fly a jet to a parade,” but reporter Heath Haussamen…
Though the Republican primary is just over a month away, former Republican Party chairman Allen Weh aired a TV ad attacking Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, a Democrat, for her use of the state’s jet.
If nothing else, Doug Turner is getting a lot of face time. Turner is on the air with his fourth TV ad.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez has released a new TV ad in which she says she will stop “giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants” if she becomes governor.
In 2003, Gov. Bill Richardson signed a change to state law…
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Doug Turner revealed his third TV ad Wednesday. It was described as “not your standard political ad” by Turner’s campaign manager.
