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 state Democratic Party is pushing back against likely senatorial candidate and current Lt. Gov. John Sanchez. In a fundraising appeal to supporters Monday, the state party compared Sanchez to U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and painted him as too extreme for the state.
Lt. Gov. John Sanchez inched closer to announcing a Senate run this weekend at a tea party rally in Moriarty. Sanchez has been named as a potential Republican candidate for the open Senate seat.
Lt. Gov. John Sanchez told The Hill Thursday that Senate candidate Heather Wilson is a “moderate-type” ahead of a potential Republican primary showdown with the former U.S. Representative. Sanchez also said he will decide on whether or not to join the race “relatively soon.”
Republican Senate candidate Greg Sowards told Politico Tuesday that no candidate in the Republican primary would be further to the right than he is. Sowards also said he didn’t believe that Rep. Steve Pearce would enter the Republican primary.
Lt. Gov. John Sanchez is reportedly joining the Republican Senate primary, according to a report from Roll Call. The Hill cites a close associate of Sanchez saying the report is “premature.”
On Monday, former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson announced she will run for U.S. Senate. Wilson quickly picked up endorsements from prominent New Mexico Republicans, including former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, and criticisms from Democrats, who noted her involvement in the scandal of fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias.
Two media sources are reporting that former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson is going to enter the U.S. Senate race next week. This would be Wilson’s second Senate run.
Heather Wilson is “reaching out to potential staffers” for a run to replace retiring U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman, according to Politico. It is the latest indication that the former U.S. Representative could be gearing up for her second Senate run.
Though Jeff Bingaman’s decision not to run for a sixth term in the United States Senate was just announced hours ago, already people are discussing who will run to replace New Mexico’s senior senator.
Sarah Palin may be a weak candidate in a general election in New Mexico, but she would receive significant support in the primary, according to a poll by Public Policy Polling. The survey also shows that though former Gov. Gary Johnson would be the strongest Republican candidate against President Barack Obama in New Mexico, he would be tied for fourth place in a Republican primary.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, who has not yet announced his decision on whether to run for re-election, leads major potential Republican candidates in a poll released by the Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling. PPP showed that Bingaman had an extremely high approval rating: 56 percent approved of his job performance while just 27 percent disapproved, the fourth highest among senators polled in the last year by PPP.
Former Rep. Heather Wilson is considering a run for Senate next year, according to Roll Call. Wilson told the Washington, D.C., publication yesterday that now that her job heading Susana Martinez’s transition team has ended she can begin thinking about her future.
Former Rep. Heather Wilson told Hotline On Call today that she isn’t thinking about another run for U.S. Senate in 2012. New Mexico’s senior U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman is up for re-election, though he is reportedly weighing retirement.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) is “weighing retirement” for 2012, according to a report from Politico.
Are the Richardson and Martinez administrations already shooting death rays at each other, and so soon after all the smiles Tuesday?
Heather Wilson, Governor-elect Susana Martinez‘s transition guru, released a letter yesterday in which she called out
Susana Martinez announced Thursday that former Representative Heather Wilson will lead her transition team.
This is the first of what will be many announcements about the new administration.
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Former U.S. Representative Heather Wilson, R-N.M., announced today that she is being treated for thyroid cancer, but expects to fully recover. Wilson said she will have surgery in Albuquerque to remove the thyroid gland, followed by radioactive iodine treatment several weeks…
Former Republican Representative Heather Wilson does not believe that the Republican Party going negative in the 2010 elections will hurt the Republican Party in November.
According to the Huffington Post, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., is one of the smartest U.S. Senators. He joins Yale graduate Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Rhodes scholar Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and six others on the list.
New Mexico would be much different today if John Sanchez – not Bill Richardson – had been governor for the last seven-plus years, Sanchez says.
