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John Kasich tried to convince us on Tuesday night that he still had a path to a contested GOP presidential primary convention battle with Donald Trump. Or maybe he was trying to convince himself. Continue Reading
New Mexico’s June 7 Republican presidential primary may not matter after all. Continue Reading
Clearly, as recent examples involving a Republican and a Democrat show, we need to continue efforts to educate officials on the importance of keeping their government and campaign activities separate. Continue Reading
Along with the ballot box, the jury box is one of the two most direct forms of citizen participation in our system of self-government. Continue Reading
New Mexico’s policymakers need to open state primaries to all voters and allow same-day voter registration. Continue Reading
There’s been little polling of the New Mexico contests made public, so we’ve decided to run a very short straw poll. Not because it’s scientific in any way. It’s not. But just to see what results we get. For fun! Continue Reading
Bernie Sanders’ moral leadership and total commitment and focus on the wellbeing of the American people and our society is a great gift. Continue Reading
About 60,000 TV ads — roughly one-fifth of all ads aired in the Republican presidential primary — have been critical of Donald Trump in some fashion. Continue Reading
For more than two decades, federal and state health officials have known that residents of a poor community in the Rio Grande Valley are eating fish laced with unsafe levels of toxic chemicals, but they haven’t found a way to stop it. Continue Reading
Two journalistic organizations gave NMPolitics.net several awards last week. It’s affirmation that what we’re doing matters, and we’re doing it well. We need your donations to keep going. Continue Reading
Hillary Clinton appears to be planning to aggressively go after New Mexico’s Democratic Party delegates. Continue Reading
Experts accuse the Mexican government of thwarting its investigation of a student massacre and torturing suspects, but the top story in a prominent Mexican newspaper is about standing up to Trump. Continue Reading
Joy Gruben of Las Cruces is planning to vote for Ted Cruz in New Mexico’s Republican presidential primary in spite of a deal Cruz has with opponent John Kasich to not compete here. Continue Reading
Days after winning two regional journalism awards, NMPolitics.net won four more awards in the 2015 New Mexico Press Women contest. Continue Reading
A deal announced Sunday between Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich, aimed at stopping Donald Trump from securing the GOP nomination before the party’s convention in July, could make New Mexico’s upcoming primary more important. Continue Reading