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.
Republican gubernatorial candidate, and state Representative, Janice Arnold-Jones reported raising just under $165,000 in the most recent fundraising period. Arnold-Jones finished the period with a little more than $18,000 in cash on hand.
Rep. Janice Arnold Jones and APS Superintendent Winston Brooks are among the recipients of the 2010 William S. Dixon First Amendment Freedom Awards given by New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (NM-FOG).
Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones has picked up another legislative endorsement – this one from Sen. Mark Boitano, R-Albuquerque, who has worked with her on bringing webcasting to the Roundhouse.
A Rasmussen poll shows that Lt. Gov. Diane Denish leads each of her Republican challengers by between 9 and 22 percent. And while views on health care reform are mixed, New Mexicans generally have a negative opinion of the tea parties.
Days after she failed to secure the votes of 20 percent of delegates at the GOP’s preprimary nominating convention, Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones is trying to show that she has momentum by announcing the endorsements of two…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez gained in stature at today’s Republican Party preprimary nominating convention. Allen Weh did what he needed to do. And Pete Domenici Jr. is down but not necessarily out. That’s how Albuquerque pollster Brian Sanderoff analyzed the results following today’s vote.
The Independent will be on hand at the Albuquerque Hilton Saturday at noon to live blog the 2010 Republican Party pre-primary convention, where candidates for office will vie for enough votes to be placed on the primary election ballot.
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County clerks handle the nuts and bolts of elections, so a former state elections director’s allegations of unethical behavior by Secretary of State Mary Herrera probably won’t affect the integrity of the upcoming June primary, many say. Still, some point out that there are a few areas in which the secretary of state directly impacts elections.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones easily won a straw poll taken at Tuesday’s monthly meeting of the Quay County Republican Party.
Brian Moore is the first candidate for lieutenant governor to join several gubernatorial candidates in releasing campaign finance information more frequently than state law requires.
As promised, Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Domenici Jr. released detailed information Monday about campaign contributions he’s received to-date, and his fundraising thus far has topped $260,000. That includes a $50,000 contribution Domenici gave himself. Contributions he raised from others added…
After the “youthful indiscretions” of Clinton, Bush and Obama, the question of who inhaled and who didn’t is mostly a yawner. Some Tea Partiers who attended an Albuquerque gubernatorial candidates forum said they’re concerned about admissions from three GOP candidates who’ve admitted doing drugs in the past, while others said the past should remain just that.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Domenici Jr. expects to report having raised more than $200,000 when his campaign releases its first list of financial contributors on Monday.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez easily won a straw poll taken following a candidate forum Thursday evening in Clovis.
Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, a Democrat, is ahead of five potential Republican challengers, according to the first public polling of the New Mexico gubernatorial race. Her nearest challenger is Pete Domenici Jr.; she has the support of 45 percent of those polled to his 40 percent. Denish is also best known of all the candidates, with 75 percent name recognition.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Domenici Jr. will release information about campaign contributions he’s been collecting on Monday, according to Domenici spokesman Doug Antoon.
The Democratic Party of New Mexico is starting to get impatient with three Republican gubernatorial candidates who say they will or may voluntarily release campaign finance information before the next report is due in April– but haven’t yet done it.…
Pete Domenici Jr. is ahead of Las Cruces District Attorney Susana Martinez by nearly 18 points— in a poll that was conducted before Domenici admitted to using cocaine and marijuana as a young man.
A deal to balance the state’s budget fell apart in the early hours of the morning, and now some senators say that chamber has the signatures to call the Legislature into extraordinary session so lawmakers, not the governor, control the agenda. The question is whether the House will agree.
A bill that would give New Mexico judges the option of sending defendants to treatment instead of jail for drug possession passed the House on Tuesday. This was the second time around for House bill 178, which failed…
