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.
Two of New Mexico’s returning congressmen, Reps. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, voted against the tax-cut bill passed late last night by a 277-148 vote, while the congressman who lost in November’s elections, Rep. Harry Teague, voted in favor.
New Mexico’s congressmen are split on the tax cut-extension compromise that the White House brokered with Republicans. The compromise would extend tax cuts for those at all income levels, including those making $250,000 a year or more, and extend unemployment insurance for another 13 months.
Reps. Martin Heirnich and Ben Ray Luján both signed onto a letter opposing the deal while Rep. Harry Teague sent out a statement backing the proposal.
The DREAM Act — the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act — passed the House by a 216-198 margin Wednesday. CNN reports the vote was mostly along partisan lines, and all three of New Mexico’s representatives — Democrats Martin Henirich, BenRay Lujan and Harry Teague — backed the bill.
The Center For Responsive Politics released a report Wednesday illustrating how many members of Congress had grown richer during the recession. Rep. Harry Teague (D-N.M.), who lost his seat to Steve Pearce earlier this month in a rematch of the 2008 election, ranked 13th out of 435 House members in net wealth.
Republican Steve Pearce appears headed back to Washington. The Democratic incumbent, Harry Teague, called Steve Pearce to congratulate him Tuesday night and told supporters that representing southern New Mexico was the “greatest honor of his life.”
Local TV station KRQE has called the 2nd Congressional District election for Republican Steve Pearce. Pearce was facing incumbent Democrat Harry Teague for the seat which Pearce held before running for Senate in 2008.
As the numbers in the Secretary…
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.
Independent expenditures in New Mexico’s 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts have now exceeded $6 million, according to Sunlight Foundation analysis of FEC reports. The bulk of the latest money came from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which spent more than…
Steve Pearce and Harry Teague, competing to represent the 2nd Congressional District in Congress, will meet tonight at New Mexico State University for a debate hosted by New Mexico First and moderated by Sam Donaldson. Thanks to KNME we’ll have…
In recent days out-of-state interests have pumped nearly half a million dollars into the 1st and 2nd Congressional District contests, pushing the amount of out-of-state spending in those two races closer to $5 million, So far, the money spent in opposition to one of the four candidates in the two races easily outpaces the dollars meant to support the candidates. The money has funded almost as a shadow campaign, largely keeping pace with the spending of the candidates’ campaigns themselves.
Candidates in New Mexico’s 2nd and 3rd Congressional Districts faced off at televised debates this weekend on KOAT. The Albuquerque-based station has the videos on its website though it will take a bit of clicking to watch either of…
Rep. Harry Teague and former Rep. Steve Pearce are neck and neck in cash on hand entering the final weeks of the race for the 2nd Congressional District seat. For the period ending October 13, Pearce had $367,000 cash on…
Out-of-state groups have conducted a shadow campaign in the 1st and 2nd Congressional District contests this year, dumping nearly $4 million to sway the outcome of the two races, records show. The tsunami of cash is part of a growing trend nationally in which outside groups swoop in to hot congressional race to run what are usually attack ads, pay for mass mailings or conduct surveys. And it has election and campaign finance reformers concerned.
Steve Pearce leads Harry Teague by 9 points according to an internal poll—with a relatively high margin of error—released by the Pearce campaign. This is the largest lead that has been shown in any poll so far.
Another day, another couple of independent expenditures in New Mexico Congressional races. This time, the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund is airing ads against Republican Jon Barela in the 1st Congressional District and a new group which calls itself Accountability…
Former Rep. Steve Pearce outraised his 2nd Congressional District opponent, incumbent Democrat Harry Teague, in the 3rd quarter $600,000 to $350,000, according to campaign finance reports. Pearce also leads in cash on hand, with $885,000 as of the end of…
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has added another $170,000 to the 2nd Congressional District race according to reports dated October 12 and 13. This brings the DCCC’s spending in the southernmost congressional district to over $435,000.
The race is a…
The National Republican Campaign Committee is committing money to put ads attacking incumbent Democrat Harry Teague in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. The national Republican committee tasked with electing Republicans reported spending nearly $160,000 on the ads in the 2nd Congressional District, attacking Teague on his vote for a cap-and-trade bill.
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Remember that ad NEA-New Mexico featuring Freda Trujillo saying “teachers stand with Diane Denish because she’s on our side”? And how the Martinez campaign responded with another ad pointing out that Trujillo’s husband had been prosecuted by Martinez and is…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, under scrutiny for possibly using foreign money to fund political activities, is spending $244,598 for TV ads against Democratic Rep. Martin Heinrich and $239,739 against Rep. Harry Teague.
The Chamber has said it will spend…
