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Federal law enforcement agents on Tuesday conducted raids in several states, including New Mexico, and arrested seven people allegedly using the U.S. quarter horse racing industry to launder millions of dollars for one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels. Continue Reading
A left-leaning group has accused Republican U.S. Senate candidate Heather Wilson of lobbying for an aeronautical company in Washington; Wilson says the allegation is false. Continue Reading
Microsoft and Yahoo are selling political campaigns the ability to target voters online with tailored ads using names, Zip codes and other registration information users provide when they sign up for free email and other services. Continue Reading
The Democratic primary in the race to replace outgoing Sen. David Ulibarri and the GOP battle for the right to take on Senate President Pro Tem Tim Jennings in November are still up in the air. Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Eichenberg, D-Albuquerque, has ended his re-election bid and given the Democratic Party the job of appointing someone to appear in his place on the November ballot. Continue Reading
Some 25 percent of registered Democrats and Republicans in New Mexico voted in last week’s primary election, The Associated Press reported. Continue Reading
Rep. Eliseo Lee Alcon is touting the fact that he is the one candidate targeted by the Super PAC tied to Gov. Susana Martinez who won his Democratic primary on Tuesday. Continue Reading
Several people have asked me where to find full results from Tuesday’s primary in New Mexico. The Secretary of State’s Office has them posted on its website. You can find them by clicking on the headline. Continue Reading
Democrats start this general-election season with the advantage in the U.S. Senate and 1st Congressional District races, but the Senate race will be hotly contested, and CD1 might too; meanwhile, the battle for the Roundhouse will be hard-fought. Continue Reading
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