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After Tuesday’s finance reports, Diane Denish is still a giant. Heather Wilson’s indecision on whether to run for governor has sidelined some money but not enough to sink others’ chances. The four Republicans who have declared for governor are still in the hunt. Continue Reading
Two health-insurance reform measures continue to move forward in the nation’s capitol this week without a public option, but both U.S. senators from New Mexico are pledging to keep the public option alive. Continue Reading
UPDATED: U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M., raised $257,000 for his re-election campaign from July to September. He ended the third quarter with almost $300,000 more on hand than his challenger, Republican Steve Pearce, but Pearce raised nearly twice as much as Teague in the quarter. Continue Reading
Tom Mullins, an engineer in Farmington, announced today that he’s running as a Republican for the 3rd Congressional District seat held by Democrat Ben Ray Luján. He’ll face Adam Kokesh in the GOP primary. Continue Reading
Santa Fe County Commissioner Harry Montoya formally announced his entrance into the Democratic primary for state land commissioner late Wednesday, citing ethics and transparency as an important part of his platform Continue Reading
The state’s current fiscal-year budget deficit has grown to $660 million, a new revenue projection set to be released Thursday will say. Continue Reading
NMSU’s Waded Cruzado was named the next president of Montana State University late this afternoon. She’s expected to start the new job around Jan. 1. Continue Reading
House Minority Leader Tom Taylor, R-Farmington, says there won’t be any quick fixes in the upcoming special session of the Legislature to address the massive budget shortfall. Continue Reading
I reported Tuesday on some of the fundraising numbers for Democratic lieutenant governor candidates. Here are the rest. Continue Reading
Adam Kokesh, a Republican running for the 3rd Congressional District seat held by Democrat Ben Ray Luján, says he raised more than $100,000 from July to September. Continue Reading
New Mexico State University Executive Vice President and Provost Waded Cruzado has been offered the job of president at Montana State University, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle is reporting. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Former U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., raised more than half a million dollars from July to September for his bid to retake his old seat from Democrat Harry Teague. Continue Reading
On a 4-1 vote, Bernalillo County Commissioners selected Republican Jim White this evening to replace Albuquerque Mayor-elect Richard Berry as the representative of House District 20 in the state Legislature. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones raised just under $21,000 during the last reporting period. Continue Reading
Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Brian Colón has raised a whopping $277,034 since entering the race in August. Meanwhile, one of Colón’s opponents, Joe Campos, raised a little more than $148,000 — $100,000 of it in loans. Continue Reading