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.
When the results in New Mexico came flowing in and showed the Democrats had swept all three U.S. House seats last Tuesday, it came as a shock. Not a shock that it had been done — the possibility had become…
While much of the attention was on the presidential election during the past few months, all political eyes are now on Minnesota, Alaska and Georgia’s U.S. Senate races. Alaska and Minnesota are still counting ballots, while Georgia is readying itself for a special election next month. Here in New Mexico, there was not as much drama in the race for Senate or even, ultimately, any of the open House seats.
Democrats swung at the pitch offered up when longtime Republican Sen. Pete Domenici stepped aside and hit a grand slam Tuesday night, winning all four open congressional seats his retirement created.
Lt. Gov. Diane Denish said Harry Teague’s victory in the 2nd Congressional District race tonight boils down to a simple fact: “I think it is old-fashioned hard work. He has lived here for 50 years. They saw him as one of their own,” she said.
Ed Tinsley has called Harry Teague to concede the 2nd Congressional District race, Tinsley’s campaign just confirmed.
The historic victory by Teague, the Democratic candidate, represents the first time in 28 years that the Republican Party hasn’t…
Things are looking very good for Democratic 2nd Congressional District candidate Harry Teague, but it’s still early.
Teague split Eddy County’s vote with Republican opponent Ed Tinsley 50-50, according to The Associated Press tally. And…
Ask Republican candidates for office what they think their chances are on Tuesday, and even many of those who have no shot at winning — if you believe the polls — express optimism. Ask GOP operatives what they expect on Election Day, and promise them anonymity in exchange for their answers, and you get a much different answer.
Last week, Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Ed Tinsley canceled his final week of scheduled broadcast TV advertising, an unconventional move in a close race and one that that surprised many. This week, Tinsley unveiled his new media strategy: negative ads on radio and cable television attacking his opponent, Democrat Harry Teague.
Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Ed Tinsley wants voters to believe only he has the ability to clearly articulate vision and argue policy on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. His Democratic opponent, Harry Teague, wants voters to believe he’s just like them and, because of that, is the only candidate who can bring an outsider’s perspective to Washington and help change a broken political system. The candidates’ respective views of the race collided Tuesday in their final showdown before Election Day.
Democratic 2nd Congressional District candidate Harry Teague has loaned his campaign another $500,000, bringing the total he has spent on his race during the primary and general election cycles to almost $1.8 million.
Teague’s new campaign loan…
Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Ed Tinsley canceled his broadcast television ad buys in the Albuquerque and El Paso markets for the final week of the election.
Two sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed today that…
A recently linked “death list” of U.S. House races shows that the Republican Party is not very optimistic about limiting losses to seats in the House in November’s elections.
You can view the list, which includes New Mexico’s 1st…
Democratic 2nd Congressional District candidate Harry Teague said a lawsuit that accuses him of ignoring a sexual harassment complaint filed by an employee against a top manager at one of his companies has been resolved.
Teague made…
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin broke little new ground during her rally in Roswell on Sunday, but that wasn’t her goal: She made a quick trip to the “Little Texas” corner of the state to rally conservative base voters. And rally the GOP base she did.
Democrats are trying to draw attention to some tax issues in Republican 2nd Congressional District Ed Tinsley’s past and other issues with his record as a businessman.
Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Ed Tinsley and Democratic 1st District candidate Martin Heinrich are the targets of new television ads from outside groups.
The sparks are flying (or not) in the contest down south to replace U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce in the House of Representatives. If you didn’t see or hear the debate on a variety of broadcasts statewide — and even…
There was plenty of positive spin from the campaigns of both 2nd Congressional District candidates on Thursday evening after Democrat Harry Teague and Republican Ed Tinsley squared off in a nationally televised forum.
When Sen. Pete Domenici announced his retirement a year ago and triggered a domino effect that has made New Mexico one of the most hotly contested states in the 2008 election, who would have thought that Democrats might win the state’s five electoral votes in the presidential race, Domenici’s Senate seat and all three open seats in the U.S. House? Not me.
Welcome to the big time, Harry Teague and Ed Tinsley. Seizing on the fact that New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District race is hot, C-SPAN plans to televise Thursday’s forum between the candidates nationwide and live.
