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The recent suicide of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi is a reminder that by working to increase access to freedom for everyone and taking care of each other, we can become a part of the solution. Continue Reading
A new poll has Republican Susana Martinez leading Democrat Diane Denish by 9 points in the governor’s race. Continue Reading
When the Albuquerque Journal first reported in August that Susana Martinez’s office had purchased office supplies from a company owned by one of her top deputies, Martinez said she would do it again as governor. Two months later, she’s changed her mind. Continue Reading
An e-mail from Secretary of State Mary Herrera to former employee James Flores appears to show that she asked Flores to help her re-election campaign by getting involved in the GOP and discouraging Republicans from running a candidate against her. Continue Reading
This is not the time to cut or end funding for legal services to poor New Mexicans. All New Mexicans need more help, not less, and they all deserve access to the courts. Continue Reading
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
Although we must keep the branches of government separate, we must work closely together to address our economic deficit. I offer the following specifics as a new administration prepares to take office and as a new legislative session begins. 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
Thinking back to my senior year I thought Alamogordo High School was awful in 1968, a prison. No one learned anything. The cafeteria food was inedible and there was not enough of it. 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
I did not decide to run for Otero County commissioner as an independent on a whim. This is a reasoned decision and I am glad this is the path I have chosen. 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
President Barack Obama’s citizenship has been proven. Steve Pearce is spreading falsehoods about Obama, and his words have the potential to set off people on the extreme, fringe right who may be willing to resort to violence. 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
There is a clear difference between me and the current land commissioner, and there is a clear difference between the candidates for land commissioner in this upcoming election. Continue Reading