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.
Lt. Gov John Sanchez trailed former Rep. Heather Wilson last quarter in fundraising, despite loaning himself $200,000. Sanchez raised $312,000 — including the loan — and has $247,000 cash on hand.
Former GOP Rep. Heather Wilson raised $452,000 in the Second Quarter for her campaign for U.S. Senate, staying competitive with Democratic Rep. Martin Heinrich, who raised $485,000.
Former New Mexico Independent contributor Heath Haussamen sums up the latest spat between GOP U.S. Senate candidates Lt. Gov John Sanchez and former Rep. Heather Wilson:
Senate candidate Hector Balderas went on the offensive Friday — but in an email against the two top-tier Republican candidates, not his main opponent, fellow Democrat Martin Heinrich. Balderas said that he would vote against the Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., budget. But with the two Republicans, he said, “We just don’t know.”
George W. Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer endorsed Heather Wilson’s Senate campaign Thursday. Fleischer has ties to New Mexico: He was once the press secretary for Sen. Pete Domenici.
Just a day after she distanced herself from Lt. Gov. John Sanchez, Gov. Susana Martinez appeared at an economic forum in Albuquerque where Senate candidate Heather Wilson was speaking. Wilson posted two pictures of the herself sitting next to Martinez at the forum.
Heather Wilson’s Senate campaign released a statement Tuesday from state Sen. Clint Harden, R-Clovis, who says Lt. Gov. John Sanchez should resign from his position if he wants to run for Senate. This comes on the same day that Sanchez publicly announced his candidacy.
Former Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., wasted no time in addressing Lt. Gov. John Sanchez’s entrance into the Republican Senate primary: “We welcome Lt. Governor Sanchez into the race and look forward to contrasting Heather Wilson’s conservative record with his invented one,” a spokesperson for Wilson said.
Lt. Gov. John Sanchez officially announced his Senate candidacy on Tuesday with a web video that highlighted his personal background and outsider status — including something that may foreshadow one of his campaign’s messages against Republican frontrunner and former congresswoman Heather Wilson: “We don’t want to return people back to Washington, D.C., who got us into this mess in the first place,” he said, before vowing to defend “principled, conservative values.”
Gov. Susana Martinez is keeping clear of the Republican Senate primary — for now. Martinez announced that she does “not intend to make an endorsement in the Republican primary at this time.” Martinez has ties to both top-tier Republican candidates. John Sanchez, who made it official that he is running for Senate today, is her lieutenant governor. Heather Wilson headed Martinez’s transition team.
Lt. Gov. John Sanchez will announce Tuesday that he is seeking the Republican nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat. Sanchez will join former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson and two other Republican candidates in the race.
Former Rep. Heather Wilson holds a commanding early lead in the Republican Senate primary, according to a Republican pollster. The poll shows that Wilson has the highest name recognition and is seen positively by a large majority of likely GOP primary voters.
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.”
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.”
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.
One thing is sure after Tuesday’s primary election: New Mexico will elect its first woman governor in November. Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez set up an all-female contest with Democratic Lt. Gov. Diane Denish on Tuesday after easily dispatching state GOP chairman Allen Weh in the GOP gubernatorial primary.
John Sanchez won the Republican primary for lieutenant governor on Tuesday night, beating out state Sen. Kent Cravens and former state Rep. Brian Moore in the Republican primary on Tuesday.
The first skirmish of the Republican gubernatorial race went to Susana Martinez, as Martinez took a plurality of early and absentee ballots in Bernalillo County, the state’s most populous county. Martinez took 46.71 percent, while Allen Weh took 35.49 percent.…
