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What qualifies me for a seat on the New Mexico Court of Appeals is my philosophy of limited government and judicial restraint. We need to get back to the basics. Continue Reading
With a week remaining before Election Day, dueling polls released by the gubernatorial candidates find that Republican Susana Martinez is either leading Democrat Diane Denish by one point, or by eight points. Continue Reading
The first publicly released poll of the secretary of state race – an internal poll conducted for the campaign of Republican Dianna Duran – has Duran leading Democratic incumbent Mary Herrera by 12 points. Continue Reading
A Las Cruces municipal judge has been suspended without pay after he threatened an employee for cooperating with an investigation into the judge’s actions. Continue Reading
Candidates for New Mexico’s 2nd and 3rd congressional district seats participated in separate debates Sunday evening on KOAT-TV in the Albuquerque market. Continue Reading
When I took office Dec. 15, 2006, I promised to restore public trust and confidence in the Office of the State Treasurer, and I believe I have achieved that goal. Continue Reading
Ray Powell says his time working with Jane Goodall has been a needed sabbatical from politics – one that has empowered him and given him the desire to return to the New Mexico Land Office and work for change. Continue Reading
Small high schools for all locales in New Mexico neither suit the demographic and geographic realities of state public education, nor address the problems of public education, particularly dropouts. Continue Reading
The “no new taxes” phrase is thrown about all the time. But if New Mexico actually acts on this worn-out platitude, it will make coming up with a realistic budget next year very difficult, if not impossible. Continue Reading
Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez’s office bought supplies and equipment from a business owned by the niece of an employee at the same time that her office was making purchases from a business owned by that employee. Continue Reading
This election season has seen lots of deliberate lies. More insulting than the lies themselves is the fact that in this modern age most of the deliberate lies are easy to uncover and yet they are a constant of the election cycle. Continue Reading
UPDATED: A new poll conducted for the campaign of Republican Steve Pearce has him leading Democrat Harry Teague by 9 points and at the magic 50-percent mark. Continue Reading
Candidates for Doña Ana County sheriff and county commission district 1 will gather in Mesquite this evening for a forum. Continue Reading
I will not sit idly by and allow Republican Doña Ana County Assessor candidate Tyson Murphy to attack my office, the employees, or my record as a two-term elected official. Here’s the truth. And if Murphy will stop spreading lies and misinformation, I’ll stop telling the truth about him. Continue Reading
If you like very old wine in new bottles – a repackaging of ideas from 20-30 years ago – you will love the 75-page report on the administration’s National Export Initiative prepared by the President’s Export Promotion Cabinet. Continue Reading