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LIVEBLOG ARCHIVE: Michelle Lujan Grisham won the hot Democratic 1st Congressional District primary race on Tuesday. Most candidates backed by the Reform New Mexico Now PAC won their races. Read about that and more in the archive of our election night liveblog. Continue Reading
VIDEO: Voting appears to be running relatively smoothly throughout the state on this primary Election Day, but officials expect light turnout. Continue Reading
VIDEO: KOB-TV’s Peter St. Cyr and Gadi Schwartz went undercover in Rio Arriba County to investigate people who were offering rides to the polls. St. Cyr got into a very interesting situation. Continue Reading
UPDATED: There’s been lots of political drama in the Republican Senate primary race between Angie Spears and Pat Woods, but if you care about races that will impact the makeup of the Legislature and policy, there are several more interesting contests, all on the Democratic side. Continue Reading
Instead of going after each other, Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Hector Balderas and Martin Heinrich attacked likely GOP nominee Heather Wilson during a debate on Sunday. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Eleanor Chavez, David Coss, Larry Martinez and Jack Sullivan allege that Reform New Mexico Now violated disclosure law; they also seek to publicly tie the PAC to the Republican governor after it got involved in their Democratic primary races. Continue Reading
The FBI is apparently asking questions “about Bernalillo County Assessor Karen Montoya and her association with state Sen. Tim Eichenberg, a consultant whose work includes helping people protest tax assessments set by Montoya’s office,” the Albuquerque Journal is reporting. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Reform New Mexico Now is funded primarily by backers of Republican Gov. Susana Martinez and is helping Democratic legislative incumbents who have sided with her on some issues. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Secretary of State Dianna Duran is reversing courses and releasing matching funds to publicly financed candidates today, and a federal judge has declined to stop that. Continue Reading
A handful of self-identified progressive organizations have partnered with a federal Super PAC in an effort to elect Democrat Eric Griego to Congress and five new Democrats to the N.M. Legislature. Continue Reading
A district judge in Santa Fe has ordered Secretary of State Dianna Duran to release cash to at least one publicly funded candidate who is due matching funds under state law. Continue Reading
The secretary of state’s decision means six PRC and Court of Appeals candidates are without funds state law says they’re due; Dianna Duran says she’s complying with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that tossed out an Arizona matching-funds law. Continue Reading
Former Doña Ana County Commissioner Kent Evans helped spark a state audit that set county government on a better track, and his passion for space exploration drove him to champion Spaceport America. Continue Reading
Former Doña Ana County Commissioner Kent Evans, who was a candidate for the job once again this year, died today after a battle with leukemia. He was 72. Continue Reading
Policy issues are critical, and NMPolitics.net will keep devoting resources to telling you about candidates’ positions. But it’s also important to scrutinize issues like Eric Griego’s arrest warrants and Marty Chávez’s relationship with a woman under indictment. Continue Reading