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.
Republican Attorney General candidate Matt Chandler raised nearly $115,000 according to campaign finance reports. His biggest donor was the state Republican Party, which gave $25,000 toward his bid.
Chandler finished the reporting period, which ran from June 25 to September…
More than half of New Mexico’s legislative seats were decided Tuesday night, but 34 House seats are up for grabs in November. And most of those contested posts – 26 — belong to Democrats vs. eight that are currently in Republican hands.
Democrats have more to lose, while the GOP has notable momentum.
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.
Gov. Bill Richardson has called several freshman lawmakers to ask for their input on whether he should sign or line-item veto the food tax. “If you can find a way of covering it without cutting education and without us calling us back, do it (line item veto),” State Rep. Ben Rodefer told the governor, “You’ll look like a hero.”
It took the New Mexico Republican Party most of Thursday before it rose to the challenge of interpreting last weekend’s boat accident at Elephant Butte State Park, but what it lacked in urgency–Wonkette in Washington blogged on the story…
The Republican Party, from the state to the national level, has revealed one of its talking points in trying to defeat Congressman Harry Teague, a Hobbs Democrat, and recapture the seat which had been in Republican hands for decades.
Teague’s…
Gov. Bill Richardson, Lt. Gov. Diane Denish and the Republican Party of New Mexico reacted to news today that U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy has died.
The Republican Party of New Mexico is attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish with a TV ad that starts today — nearly a year and a half before the election, KRQE reports.
Yet another political Web site is up and running at gopnm.com.
The New Mexico Republican Party has drastically updated their site. In a press release (pdf), the party says, “The site’s restructure underscores the Party’s renewed commitment to communicating…
The indictments against Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. and his father are the latest in a parade of high-profile scandals that threaten to knock prominent Democrats off their perches. Some say the drumbeat of scandals is producing momentum for more ethics reform.
Fresh off his loss in the U.S. Senate race, Rep. Steve Pearce is seriously considering running for the position of chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico. A number of Republican sources said Pearce spoke with several county Republican Party chairs about the possibility during a conference call earlier this week.
The first rule of any veteran election-night party-goer is this: Don’t show up on time. At 7 p.m., the bar may be open and the buffet full-up, but the real fun won’t start until results start pouring in. For Republicans on Tuesday, the sentiment seemed to be don’t show up at all.
Want to be where the action (or, perhaps, inaction) will be tonight? Don’t go to the New Mexico Republican Party‘s Web site for help.
There’s nothing on the homepage, and its calendar offers only a monthly candidate breakfast (from…
