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Former Democratic Party of New Mexico Chairman Brian Colón has won his party’s nomination for lieutenant governor, pairing him with gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish in her quest to defeat Republican Susana Martinez in November. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez has won the GOP nomination for governor. Though the votes aren’t all counted, she’s currently ahead with 48 percent of the vote to Allen Weh’s 31 percent. Continue Reading
While Kent Evans and Jamie Estrada were fighting with each other in the Public Regulation Commission District 5 GOP primary, Ben L. Hall was building support. He’s currently in the lead. Continue Reading
Enough of the statewide vote is counted to pick up trends, so here’s a brief update on who’s ahead in the top races. Continue Reading
This was probably expected, since it’s her home county, but Susana Martinez has a massive lead in Doña Ana County in the Republican gubernatorial primary race. Continue Reading
Brian Colón has 32.2 percent of the vote so far in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, but Lawrence Rael is right on his heels with 30.7 percent of the vote. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez is leading in GOP stronghold Chaves County, in addition to having leads in Bernalillo and San Juan counties. Continue Reading
Susana Martinez has a huge lead early in San Juan County in the Republican gubernatorial race. Continue Reading
Early and absentee voting numbers from Bernalillo County have been released and give Susana Martinez an early lead in the Republican gubernatorial primary race. Continue Reading
Bernalillo County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver says a “perfect storm” of factors including the holiday weekend and negative advertising is to blame for the “dismal” turnout in today’s Democratic and Republican primaries. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez’s campaign says it is “cautiously optimistic” as voters head to the polls on what is turning out to be a primary Election Day characterized by dismal turnout. Continue Reading
I’m betting that Susana Martinez didn’t lead Allen Weh by 10 points in early and absentee voting, even though that’s about how large her lead has been in recent polls. Perhaps low voter turnout will make this a tighter contest between Martinez and Weh. Continue Reading
On the day that she’ll find out which Republican gubernatorial candidate she’s facing in November, Democrat Diane Denish sounds calm and upbeat. Continue Reading
Democrats and Republicans go to the polls today to decide which candidates for county, state, judicial and federal races will represent them on the ballot in November. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Continue Reading
NMPolitics.net is partnering with the New Mexico Independent and other news organizations to host a liveblog this evening as election results come in. Click on the headline to check it out. Continue Reading