VIDEO: Turner’s new TV ad focuses on corruption
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Turner will begin airing a new TV ad next week that focuses on how to end corruption. Watch it here. Continue Reading
Campos gets Mayor Marty’s endorsement; Colón picks up backing of teachers’ union
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Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Joe Campos has picked up a noteworthy endorsement from former Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chávez, while one of Campos’ primary opponents, Brian Colón, is announcing the endorsement of a 9,000-member public education employees’ union. Continue Reading
Jones’ poll shows close land commissioner race
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UPDATED: Sandy Jones is right on the heels of Ray Powell in a wide open Democratic land commissioner primary, according to a new poll conducted for Jones’ campaign. Continue Reading
Heinrich’s poll shows him way ahead of Barela
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A poll commissioned by the campaign of U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., shows him having a 17-point lead over his Republican challenger, Jon Barela. Continue Reading
Montoya disagrees with PRC candidate’s ‘bigoted Anglos’ remark
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Appellate judge candidate Dennis W. Montoya wants people to know he doesn’t share the views of a N.M. Public Regulation Commission candidate who, in response to an e-mail Montoya sent out Wednesday, called the residents of Eldorado “bigoted Anglos.” Continue Reading
GOP county chairman quits so he can support primary candidates
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Rod Montoya has resigned from his position as chairman of the San Juan County Republican Party because he wants to advocate for candidates in some primary races in advance of the June 1 election. Continue Reading
Dems still awaiting records from Martinez’s tenure
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Months after filing its request for financial records with District Attorney Susana Martinez’s office, the Democratic Party is still working to obtain all documents that exist. The stumbling blocks: The office didn’t initially provide everything it has, but it’s working to remedy that. And it didn’t forward the request to the state finance department – which a sunshine group says it was required to do. Continue Reading
PRC candidate forum being held tonight in Santa Teresa
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Republican and Democratic candidates for the District 5 seat on the Public Regulation Commission will gather in Santa Teresa this evening for a forum. Continue Reading
PRC candidate’s ‘bigoted Anglos’ claim is false, and sad
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Public Regulation Commission candidate Andrew Leo Lopez claims residents of Eldorado, a community near Santa Fe, are “bigoted Anglos.” The facts prove him wrong. I hope by pointing out those facts I can combat his attempt to drive a wedge between people. Continue Reading
Judicial candidate formally accused of misconduct
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The New Mexico Supreme Court’s disciplinary board has accused Court of Appeals candidate Dennis W. Montoya of misconduct including fraud, deceit, lying to the court, having a conflict of interest, failing to adequately represent a client and failing to adequately account for and distinguish client funds from his own. Continue Reading
Sanchez begins airing second TV ad
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Republican Lt. Gov. candidate John Sanchez is airing his second television ad of the campaign, a 30-second spot that focuses on his background. Continue Reading
Denish may provide records related to her schedule
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Lt. Gov. Diane Denish’s office now says it doesn’t maintain any sort of calendar or schedule of Denish’s appointments but may be able to provide NMPolitics.net with other documents that indicate some of what she’s been doing. The office won’t say who, if anyone, is maintaining Denish’s calendar. Continue Reading
SOS holding campaign finance system training in Las Cruces
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Secretary of State Mary Herrera’s office has added Las Cruces to the list of cities in which it’s holding trainings on the new campaign finance reporting system. Continue Reading
State insurance superintendent resigns
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State Insurance Superintendent Morris J. Chavez resigned today, citing, according to The Associated Press, “sad and derogatory” comments as the reason. Continue Reading
Forum to tackle the ‘problem of corporations and lobbyists’
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MoveOn.org is hosting a forum in Las Cruces this evening to talk about the “problem of corporations and lobbyists.” Continue Reading