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.
In 2005, there were 10,746 early and absentee votes cast in the Albuquerque mayoral race. In 2009, there were nearly twice that: 20,251 votes cast.
Richard “RJ” Berry appears to be winning a plurality of the absentee votes.
The early voting results are in and Richard “RJ” Berry is leading incumbent mayor Martin Chavez and former Senate Pro Tem Richard Romero.
A couple of Alibi blog posts discussing today’s Albuquerque mayoral election take a look at who can really run for office and about the ‘non-partisan’ nature of the race, which is between two Democrats — incumbent mayor Martin Chavez and…
A picture in a piece of campaign literature sent by the campaign of Mayor Martin Chavez apparently includes an image taken by local freelance photographer Mark Bralley –and used without his permission. Blogger Ched MacQuigg, who uses Bralley’s photos on…
Will Martin Chavez win a third consecutive term as mayor? Or will Richard Berry or Richard Romero knock him out? City councilors Michael Cadigan and Isaac Benton are up against tough challengers and some say how their elections go will determine how Albuquerque grows in future years. If you’re on pins and needles waiting to learn the answers to who wins and who loses — because aren’t we all political junkies? — check back frequently, because we’ll be updating this page all day and all night.
Political parties are working their get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts in the non-partisan Albuquerque municipal elections. As NMI has observed, the race between incumbent mayor Martin Chavez and former state Senate Pro Tem Richard Romero is looking increasingly like a Democratic…
Public financing appears to be part of the reason the Albuquerque mayor’s race is so competitive. An Albuquerque Journal poll conducted two weeks before the mayoral election surprised observers by showing the race to be much closer than observers had predicted. The big question now is whether one of the candidates can get to 40 percent and avoid a run-off.
Albuquerque’s municipal elections are non-partisan, which means there aren’t party primaries to determine who will be on the ballot, and a person’s party affiliation isn’t listed next to their name on the ballot.
But the mayor’s race all of a…
We can’t help but harken back to one of incumbent mayor Martin Chavez’s clever statements on the stump as mayoral endorsements keep rolling in to our virtual newsroom this week.
Characterizing R.J. Berry as on the right, and Richard…
A group of progressive Albuquerque elected officials endorsed Albuquerque mayoral candidate Richard Romero yesterday, issuing a statement to the widely read local political Web site Democracy for New Mexico.
A Chavez campaign mailer sent this week criticizes Richard Romero for his work as a lobbyist. The card prominently features quotes from a story I wrote in July about Romero’s lobbying, but I think it’s worth pointing readers back…
Mayor Martin Chavez has gained some high profile support in his quest to be reelected next week.
An automated call that reached Albuquerque households Tuesday night contained a message from Howard Dean urging folks to vote for Chavez.
Dean is…
Incumbent mayor Martin Chavez has picked up the endorsement of Barb Wold, a local blogger whose site—Democracy for New Mexico—is widely read by Democrats and progressives.
Wold has been highly critical of Chavez in the past, and in 2007…
Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White today announced he is endorsing fellow Republican Richard “R.J.” Berry for mayor, saying “I’m disgusted by the false, personal attacks made against Richard Berry and his family. Claiming Berry is not a businessman is like…
Richard “R.J.” Berry and Martin Chavez both accuse each other of improprieties related to the rent they’re paying for office space. Berry pays to rent space from a company he owns, then donates the money to charity, in order to satisfy requirements that he not take the rent as a donation, and that he not profit from public funds. Meanwhile, Mayor Chavez receives his office space as an in-kind donation from a local attorney, who makes the donation personally because to do so from his business would be prohibited.
According to an e-mail sent to supporters by Albuquerque mayoral candidate Richard Romero’s staff, the Romero campaign believes that mayor Martin Chavez “is done.” The e-mail cites the Albuquerque Journal poll released yesterday—which showed Romero in last place, but…
In his latest TV ad, Albuquerque mayoral candidate Richard Berry labels himself “impeccably honest,” but a photographic sleight of hand in the ad appears to exaggerate the length of time Chavez has spent as mayor.
In the ad, a book is opened…
A group of City of Albuquerque blue collar works gathered on Civic Plaza mid-afternoon last Friday to give a symbolic endorsement to mayoral candidate Richard Romero.
Although Local 624 comprises the biggest subset of City workers, it is just one…
A poll conducted 12 days before the election puts the candidates for mayor within “striking distance” of each other. Berry and Romero have spent months attacking Chavez, who only recently went on the offensive. Albuquerque’s municipal election takes place on October 6.
