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.
New Mexico’s state film adviser, Peter Dekom, must take a $90,000 pay cut if he wants to continue to advise the State Investment Council (SIC) on what film productions are worthy of no-interest loans, the Albuquerque Journal reports.
Dekom…
Gov. Bill Richardson once again has an opportunity to make Las Cruces the home of a planned state veteran’s museum, and he’s likely to do so this time.
Steve Pearce says he’s either going to run in 2010 for governor or attempt to reclaim the 2nd Congressional District seat he used to hold.
Steve Fischmann says he’s taking “a positive view” of the economic woes New Mexico is facing because of the huge drop in oil and gas prices. The Democratic state senator-elect and businessman from Las Cruces says that such times force organizations to think creatively about what’s working and what isn’t.
Republican Leonard Lee Rawson sent an e-mail to supporters today conceding defeat in last week’s District 37 state Senate race against Democrat Steve Fischmann. “Our district, which is the third largest by number of registered voters, appears to have a new senator to represent us,” Rawson wrote.
Barring some sort of legal challenge, Democrat Steve Fischmann has unseated Senate Minority Whip Leonard Lee Rawson, R-Las Cruces. With only eight provisional ballots from Sierra County left to be considered, Fischmann leads Rawson by 544 votes. Fischmann has 13,131 votes, or 51.1 percent of the vote, to Rawson’s 12,587 votes, or 48.9 percent.
Doña Ana County commissioners asked today for an investigation into what caused the absentee ballot snafu; an unknown number of people who requested ballots weren’t able to vote in Tuesday’s election.
With all votes counted except whatever provisional ballots are deemed valid, it appears increasingly likely that state Senate Minority Whip Leonard Lee Rawson is going to lose, and that could mean a shift in the balance of power in Santa Fe.
The hottest race yet to be decided is the state Senate District 37 contest between Republican Leonard Lee Rawson and Democrat Steve Fischmann — and it may not be over any time soon.
With all…
In Doña Ana County, the only race that was expected to be close that, at least thus far, isn’t is the state Senate contest between Republican Leonard Lee Rawson and Democrat Steve Fischmann.
With 46 percent…
Democrat Tim Jennings, the state Senate’s elected leader, has drawn the ire of the governor and other members of his party for denouncing in a robocall attacks against the Senate’s minority whip, Leonard Lee Rawson, a Republican.
Could Barack Obama have Election Day coattails long enough to reach down into the New Mexico Legislature? That’s certainly the hope of state Democrats — and the fear of at least a few Republicans. Thanks to clever redistricting, most seats in the 112-member body have remained remarkably stable for years. But at least a few are drawing intense interest, and money, in this election cycle.
The AP reports today that State Sen. Leonard Lee Rawson of Las Cruces has named 32 people in his district whom he believes have registered to vote more than once. He sent an e-mail to Doña Ana County…
State Sen. Leonard Lee Rawson, R-Las Cruces, says there was no conflict of interest or impropriety in his decision in 2003 to use taxpayer money to pave a road that doesn’t serve his constituents but instead improves access to a business he owns. He’s wrong. I’m not sure whether he can’t see that or simply refuses to admit it, but either is concerning.
