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Secretary of State Mary Herrera is accusing whistleblower A.J. Salazar, a former employee, of staging a break-in at his law office to try to implicate her in an alleged crime and hurt her re-election chances. Continue Reading
Democratic congressional candidate Harry Teague is deceptively spinning the facts with his claim about Republican opponent Steve Pearce taking $46,000 in pay raises while in Congress. Pearce is flat-out lying when he claims that Teague took $38,000 in pay raises during his time in Congress. Continue Reading
Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Steve Pearce says Barack Obama is the “duly elected president,” and he’s trying to steer the conversation about his race against Democrat Harry Teague back to the economy. Continue Reading
An internal poll conducted for Republican Susana Martinez’s campaign has her leading Democrat Diane Denish by 9 points in the governor’s race. Continue Reading
Remember how I wrote earlier this week that there had been “remarkable consistency” among most polls in the governor’s race showing Democrat Diane Denish stuck in the lower 40s and Republican Susana Martinez in the upper 40s or better? That’s no longer true. Continue Reading
A new poll shows Republican Steve Pearce leading Democrat Harry Teague by 4 points in the 2nd Congressional District race, 46 percent to 42 percent. Continue Reading
Mary Herrera wants people to know that she has worked hard to clean up a mess she inherited when she became secretary of state in 2007. She says much of the scandal that has plagued her tenure is due to her efforts causing some employees to become disgruntled. Continue Reading
Democrat Gary King is maintaining a large lead in his race to keep his job as attorney general, an Albuquerque Journal poll found. Continue Reading
Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Steve Pearce will get 30 minutes of free air time on KOB-TV in Albuquerque after his Democratic opponent, Harry Teague, declined an invitation to debate. Continue Reading
The race between Democrat Harry Teague and Republican Steve Pearce in the 2nd Congressional District remains a virtual tie, according to a new Albuquerque Journal poll. Continue Reading
A new, independent poll has Democrat Martin Heinrich leading Republican Jon Barela by 7 points in the 1st Congressional District race, but that doesn’t mean the news is all good for Heinrich. Continue Reading
There’s been remarkable consistency among polls from four companies that have surveyed the governor’s race in the last few weeks, including Sunday’s Albuquerque Journal poll. They all show Susana Martinez in the upper 40s or better and Diane Denish stuck in the lower 40s. Continue Reading
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish has been hammering her GOP opponent because the office Susana Martinez runs bought office supplies from a business owned by an employee. It turns out that Denish, as chair of the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority, voted in 2003 to give a no-bid contract to a business owned by the wife of an employee. Continue Reading
Diane Denish’s gubernatorial campaign has said her husband attended State Transportation Commission meetings as “an observer, not a participant,” but it turns out he did participate in an October 2003 meeting. Continue Reading
State Rep. Jeff Steinborn says his campaign signs are being stolen – and he’s offering a reward for information that helps catch the people who are doing it. Continue Reading