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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
The American Federation of Teachers and Progressive Kick, a federal Super PAC based in California, are trying to help Larry P. Martinez unseat N.M. Senate Finance Committee Chairman John Arthur Smith in next week’s Democratic primary. 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
Democratic 1st Congressional District candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham paid her county property taxes late seven of the last 10 years, the Albuquerque Journal is reporting. Continue Reading
Al Park, a state legislator giving up that seat to run for the Public Regulation Commission, is under fire for spending money on his campaign that was given by businesses the PRC regulates when he was a lawmaker. Continue Reading
Martin Heinrich and Heather Wilson both have big leads; meanwhile, Marty Chávez is 13 points behind his two opponents, who are tied, in the new Albuquerque Journal poll. Another poll confirms a tight race for a Clovis-area state Senate seat. Continue Reading
As a state senator, Democratic 1st Congressional District candidate Eric Griego hasn’t won passage many bills, but he says he has stood for the principles of the Democratic Party platform and would do the same in Congress. Continue Reading
The three Democrats seeking New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District seat in the U.S. House share many ideas for reducing the nation’s debt, while the lone Republican in the race says the simple answer is balancing the nation’s budget. Continue Reading
Democratic 1st Congressional District candidate Eric Griego has a driving history that includes a drunken driving conviction and a number of arrest warrants being issued because he failed to appear in court to deal with speeding and other traffic citations. Continue Reading
Democratic 1st Congressional District candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham has beaten fundraising expectations. Now in the midst of a heated three-way race, she’s under attack over her past leadership of the N.M. Department of Health. Continue Reading