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.
Just over half of registered voters took part in the elections according to unofficial numbers from the Secretary of State’s office. Out of 1,152,917 registered voters in New Mexico, 598,768 voters cast ballots in this election.
That’s about the same turnout…
State Sen. Dianna Duran made history Tuesday, becoming the first Republican to in 80 years to win election as the New Mexico Secretary of State. Unofficial results showed Duran winning nearly 59 percent of the vote to defeat first-term incumbent Mary Herrera, who collected just over 41 percent.
Dianna Duran is ready to claim a victory in the Secretary of State’s race.
“I am ready to say the people of New Mexico have spoken,” she told The Independent before taking the podium at the Albuquerque Hilton where Republicans…
Dem, Republican volunteers ‘equally aggressive,’ Taos Clerk says
Republican secretary of state candidate Dianna Duran reported raising $77,000 in contributions for the three-week period ending Tuesday, according to a campaign finance report filed Thursday.
The contributions came in the waning weeks of the 2010 election season as…
Ballots sent to uniformed New Mexicans and other state residents living overseas will get an extra four days to reach New Mexico to be counted. This comes after the Secretary of State’s office and the Department of Justice reached…
Secreatry of State Mary Herrera reported raising $9,425 in the most recent campaign reporting period and finished the period with $51,400.331 cash on hand, much less than her Republican opponent on both counts, according to reports filed with the…
In an interview with Heath Haussamen, New Mexico Secretary of State Mary Herrera said she thinks her former elections director, A.J. Salazar invented a break-in at his office in order to help Herrera’s Republican opponent, Dianna Duran, win…
Sample ballots for every county in New Mexico are now available on the Secretary of State’s website. You can find your polling place here, then click on your county of residence and pick the sample ballot for your…
Secretary of State Mary Herrera declined to respond to allegations made by three of her former staff members in an interview with The Independent on Friday, saying she hadn’t seen “the exact allegations.”
“I haven’t seen what they’re claiming.…
First-term Democratic Secretary of State Mary Herrera is giving some New Mexico Democrats heartburn as the Nov. 2 election election approaches. Whether Democrats like it or not, the embattled Herrera is on the ballot. The deadline for replacing a candidate on the ballot passed on Sept. 7.
Two former aides to Secretary of State Mary Herrera who were fired this week will sue their former boss for retaliation under the state’s whistleblower act, their attorney said Wednesday. Herrera’s deputy, Francisco Trujillo II, denied that the two were fired for going to the FBI with allegations of wrongdoing by Herrera, but also declined to give another reason for the terminations, saying only: “It’s a personnel matter and I won’t go into it.”
Things just keep getting worse for embattled New Mexico Secretary of State Mary Herrera. Last night, in an incredible report, KUNM’s Jim Williams talked to current and former employees who describe the office as “dysfunctional.” And that was the nicest…
The Public Regulatory Commission (PRC) rebuffed proposals from legislators that would dismember the controversy-plagued agency, moving its Division of Insurance, Transportation Bureau and other regulatory programs to other agencies.
“We’re a young agency and we’re sorting out some…
Want to know what the ballot will look like when you step into the voting booth on June 1? The Secretary of State’s office has posted sample ballots here. First, you’ll need to find your polling place. Then, go…
Secretary of State Mary Herrera‘s office will conduct training sessions in Santa Fe and Clovis next week for candidates and campaign officials who are struggling with the state’s new Campaign Finance Information System, Elections Director Don Francisco Trujillo…
Secretary of State Mary Herrera‘s office will begin field training sessions this week for candidates and campaign officials who are struggling with the state’s new Campaign Finance Information System.
Dozens of candidates missed the April 5 deadline for…
As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, 39 candidates still had not submitted campaign finance reports to the Secretary of State’s new Campaign Finance Information System, State Elections Director Don Francisco Trujillo told The Independent.
Office issues last-minute extension on 5 p.m. deadline; pledging an end to an era of waivers, Herrera will require all candidates to file reports
Secretary of State Mary Herrera never ordered her staff to gather petition signatures during office hours, State Elections Director Don Francisco Trujillo told KOB TV’s Gadi Schwartz in a long interview that touched all the controversies and scandals that have…
