Massachusetts

Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, a libertarian-leaning Republican, told a New Hampshire paper that the victory by a Republican in the Massachusetts special election is not a mandate for Republicans. “I just see (voters having) a real disgust with those in office,” Johnson told the New Hampshire Union-Leader.

On Tuesday, Scott Brown pulled off one of the biggest upsets in modern political history when he became the first Republican to hold a Senate seat in Massachusetts in nearly 30 years. Brown defeated Martha Coakley, the Massachusetts Attorney General, 53-47 after trailing Coakley in the polls by double digits just weeks before.

New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman donated $2,000 to help the Democratic candidate in a Massachusetts Senate special election to be held on January 19. The special election to fill the seat of the Senator Ted Kennedy after his death on August 25, 2009 is between Martha Coakley, the Democrat, Scott Brown, a Republican, and Joseph [...]

States, including New Mexico, are competing for $4 billion in federal funding for innovative education programs, reports the New York Times. As the story says: “The $4 billion is the most money Washington has ever given to overhaul schools. It is to be awarded in two rounds, in April and September, to about a dozen [...]