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.
Javier Gonzales kept his position as head of state Democrats after a close vote Saturday. The Democratic Party of New Mexico’s State Central Committee voted for Gonzales by just 11 votes over attorney Sam Bregman.
Outgoing U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman has endorsed current Democratic Party of New Mexico chairman Javier Gonzales in his bid to be re-elected to the position, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.
Local politicians responded to the Saturday shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and others in Arizona. Giffords survived the shooting but at least six others died, including federal judge John Roll.
The YWCA Middle Rio Grande and prominent Hispanic Democrats gathered Wednesday in downtown Albuquerque to condemn and call for the firing of a prosecutor who sent an e-mail they called racist. Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Diane Denish said Wednesday afternoon…
The chairman of the state Democratic Party wants GOP gubernatorial candidate and Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez to fire a prosecutor in her office who sent an e-mail he called “violent and hateful.”
The e-mail contained…
After Arizona’s Republican Governor, Jan Brewer, signed the nation’s strictest anti-immigration law, New Mexico GOP gubernatorial hopefuls mostly expressed support for the decision, but stopped short of fully endorsing the law.
The sole Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Diane Denish, already…
A State District Court today found PRC commissioner Carol Sloan guilty of two felonies—aggravated battery and aggravated burglary. The Associated Press reports that Sloan will appeal the conviction. Meanwhile, state Democrats and Republicans are calling on Sloan, a Democrat, to…
Joe Campos qualified to appear on the primary ballot for lieutenant governor on Saturday after all, the Democratic Party of New Mexico has decided. The party says it’s required by state law to round up Campos’ 19.69 percent of delegate votes from the preprimary nominating convention to 20 percent – the threshold for qualifying for the ballot at the convention.
Here are the statements we’ve received about President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address from New Mexico politicians and candidates for office:
When Javier Gonzales was named chairman of the state Democratic Party in September, I reported that he worked for Santa Fe Studios. Several of you e-mailed me at the time to ask what that was.
The Albuquerque Journal answered…
Democratic Party of New Mexico Chairman Javier Gonzales named Scott Forrester as the party’s next executive director on Thursday. Forrester will replace current director Josh Geise on Dec. 1, Gonzales announced in a news release.
“I look forward to working…
“Albuquerque voters today voted overwhelmingly for a Democrat to represent them as their mayor,” Democratic Party of New Mexico chairman Javier Gonzales said in a statement released Tuesday night.
Javier Gonzales, a member of the New Mexico State University Board of Regents, was elected chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico today.
The selection of Gonzales was expected. He ran unopposed and was elected by acclamation…
New Mexico State University Regent Javier Gonzales says Gov. Bill Richardson and his staff had no involvement in the resignation of Interim President Waded Cruzado.
Gov. Bill Richardson replaced three of five members of the New Mexico State University Board of Regents today, opting for new blood at a time when the university is going to be making a second attempt at finding a new president.
