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UPDATED: Most Republican candidates for three statewide offices will attend a forum Tuesday evening in Elephant Butte, but gubernatorial hopefuls Allen Weh and Susana Martinez will be absent, event organizer Earl Greer said. Continue Reading
Joe Campos won last week’s non-scientific poll on this site asking who will win the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. But there’s much more to the story. Click on the headline to read about it. Continue Reading
Las Cruces city councilors will meet in closed session on Monday to discuss adding “performance objectives” to City Manager Terrence Moore’s contract. Continue Reading
Republican Pat Lyons can use money left over from his land commissioner campaigns for his current run for a seat on the Public Regulation Commission, The Associated Press is reporting. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Turner unveiled his fourth TV ad today, a 30-second spot that talks about helping small businesses. Watch it here. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Like past polls, a new survey released by U.S. Rep. Harry Teague’s campaign confirms what we already knew – the race between the Democratic incumbent and his Republican challenger, Steve Pearce, is close. Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson is one of the worst governors in the nation, a Washington watchdog group said today, calling him one of 11 governors who “pride their self-interests over their states’.” Continue Reading
District Attorney Susana Martinez’s office has turned over, free of charge, thousands of pages of public records to the state Democratic Party, but the party says it’s still waiting for a few dozen pages of documents. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Turner originally reported that he received a $5,000 contribution from David Doyle, a state House candidate from Corrales. But Doyle never made the contribution, and Turner has now filed an amended report that doesn’t list a contribution from Doyle. Continue Reading
Helena Chemical Co. has faced a lot of controversy in recent years. NMPolitics.net asked the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor what they think of the situation, as a way to make their talk about government regulation and the state’s business climate tangible. Here’s what they had to say. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Even though it’s already endorsed Democrat Diane Denish in this year’s gubernatorial race, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees announced today that it wants Republican primary voters to pick Janice Arnold-Jones to take on Denish in November. Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall is proposing changing the way the Senate does business, and Congressional Quarterly is giving his ideas a lot of attention. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez began airing her second television ad today, a 30-second spot highlighting her commitment to “fight for border security.” Watch it here. Continue Reading
UPDATED: A sunshine group says a state agency violated the Inspection of Public Records Act when it redacted information from public documents before giving them to Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh. Now it appears the Department of Finance and Administration is in the process of correcting that violation. Continue Reading
Republican Lt. Gov. candidate John Sanchez began running his first television commercial Thursday. Continue Reading