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.
Independent Republican groups, working in coordination, have been spending tens of millions of dollars on election ads throughout the country—and hundreds of thousands of dollars in New Mexico. Democrat-leaning groups have spent too, but not nearly as much.
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…
The National Republican Congressional Committee has expanded its targets in New Mexico to include the 1st Congressional District and Democratic incumbent Martin Heinrich according to Hotline On Call. The NRCC reserved $300,000 worth of ad time in the district.
The national GOP “blueprint” for victory in the November mid-term elections is coming into focus, Politico says in a piece today. And if that political journal is correct, the only “hot” race in New Mexico is the one in…
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has assigned lobbyists to help out on the reelection campaigns of certain potentially vulnerable House members—including freshman Reps. Martin Heinrich and Harry Teague, according to Roll Call.
On Tuesday Steve Pearce’s congressional campaign told Joe Monahan that saying Pearce once supported privatizing Social Security “is factually untrue.”
“Pearce…strongly believes that we must fulfill our promises to our seniors and make it solvent for current and future…
CQ Politics took a look at the fundraising numbers of potentially vulnerable House Democrats who are part of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s “Frontline Democrats” program. This group includes New Mexico’s freshmen members Harry Teague and Martin Heinrich.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) responded to the news that Republican ex-Congressman Steve Pearce is going to challenge Democratic Congressman Harry Teague in next year’s 2nd Congressional District rematch between the two southern New Mexico oil men.
According to Roll Call (subscription required), Congressman Martin Heinrich was with some Congressional heavy hitters — and former White House adviser Karl Rove was caught on the outside looking in.
According to Roll Call, the “Dem glitterati were…
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is targeting freshman Democratic Congressman Harry Teague with a radio ad (mp3) that accuses Teague of covering for the House Majority Leader.
All three members of New Mexico’s U.S. House delegation will be among the 29 House Democrats who will get help with fundraising from Congressman Jared Polis.
U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich got a mention in a Politico article as one of many freshman representatives doing something that seems increasingly rare in Washington, D.C. — reaching across the aisle.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has unveiled its list of the 40 members of its Frontline Program. Hotline On Call describes the program as including “those whom the [committee] believes are the most vulnerable Dem incumbents.”
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is pulling a large amount of promised advertising for Darren White in New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, two of Albuquerque’s three network TV stations have confirmed.
The two competitive New Mexico congressional districts are clearly a priority to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The DCCC has put in just under $175,000 in the 1st Congressional District and just under $205,000 in CD2 in filings with Tuesday’s…
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) pushed another $146,355.48 into the 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday. The spending is to support Democrat Harry Teague and to oppose Republican Ed Tinsley.
The spending, according to FEC filings, pushes the total spending…
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) will begin airing TV ads attacking Ed Tinsley in the 2nd Congressional District. These are the first ads since announcing they would reserve $1.2 million for the 2nd Congressional District race. The group…
