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.
Former state Democratic party chairman Brian Colón will be Diane Denish’s running mate. Colón won the primary with a 4.2-point lead over Lawrence Rael; he also led Jose Campos of Santa Rosa, Gerry Ortiz y Pino of Albuquerque and Linda Lopez…
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.…
Set your DVR now for 7 p.m. Friday night when KNME’s New Mexico in Focus will air a panel discussion with almost all of the candidates running for lieutenant governor. Correspondent Sarah Gustavus will sit down with Democrats Jose Campos,…
Former state Democratic Party chair Brian Colón leads the race for lieutenant governor with 20.6 percent of the respondents, according to a poll for New Mexico Politics by Joe Monahan, conducted by Roswell-based Dialing Services.
Executive director of the Mid-Region…
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.
Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Joe Campos says he’s staying in the race even though he didn’t get 20 percent at the party’s preprimary nominating convention on Saturday.
Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Jerry Ortiz y Pino says he’s staying in the race even though he didn’t get 20 percent at the party’s preprimary nominating convention on Saturday. “I am not at all discouraged by this hurdle,” Ortiz y…
Lawrence Rael became today the first candidate in the lieutenant governor’s race to spend money on television ads. The Democrat is out with an ad that focuses on his “ability to build relationships for a better New Mexico,” according to…
Jerry Ortiz y Pino says progressives have been “used” by the Democratic Party in New Mexico for a long time. He says his candidacy for lieutenant governor is “a great opportunity for the progressive wing of the party to assert itself.”
Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Lawrence Rael raised more than $147,000 from May to October, his campaign announced today.
That total includes almost $113,000 in individual contributions and $19,500 in in-kind contributions. He also loaned his campaign $15,000, according to…
The lieutenant governor hasn’t historically been too involved in managing state government. Lawrence Rael thinks that should change, saying he ‘can manage programs and projects in a manner that lieutenant governors haven’t done in the past.’
Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Brian Colón is off to a quick start, having already raised more than $100,000. Colón announced the fundraising number in an e-mail he sent to supporters early today. “In less than one month we passed the magical…
Ads about the Rail Runner with a candidate Lieutenant Governor are raising some eyebrows, according to an article in today’s Santa Fe New Mexican. Lawrence Rael, the Executive Director for the Mid-Region Council of Governments, appears in the…
The Santa Fe County Democrats will host all seven (yes, seven) candidates for Lieutenant Governor at a forum on Wednesday, Sept. 16 according to a press release from the party. The seven candidates will each give five minutes opening statements…
In case you were wondering, the number of Democrats who are either in the race or have expressed interest in the race to replace Diane Denish as lieutenant governor is now at nine.
Santa Fe County Sheriff, one of…
Lawrence Rael, executive director of the Mid-Region Council of Governments, formally announced today that he’s entering the crowded Democratic primary race for lieutenant governor.
“New Mexico faces tremendous challenges, but I also see tremendous opportunities,” Rael said in a news…
When the Las Cruces-based Region VII Housing Authority shut down in August 2006, board members said the agency’s records would be sent to Region III in Albuquerque.
Yesterday, the New Mexico Rail Runner Express celebrated a significant milestone: Its two-millionth rider.
The Rail Runner began in 2006 between Belen and Bernalillo and has since expanded to Santa Fe as well.
It must be a commuter rail kind of day.
In addition to citizens expressing their hopes for an expansion of the Rail Runner Express in northern New Mexico, southern New Mexico Democratic Congressman Harry Teague wants to take…
Kate Nash of the Santa Fe New Mexican wrote in her blog earlier today that “15 to 20″ people have expressed interest in succeeding Diane Denish as lieutenant governor. This would be in the event that Gov. Bill Richardson…
