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Government workers who anger citizens without good reason should beware the fury of citizens who have been sneered at once too often. There is a day of reckoning. This year politicians who have not been listening to the citizens have been swept from office. As incumbents have found, citizens who are furious can make changes. Continue Reading
Susana Martinez didn’t stand above the rest, but she was solid – which means she accomplished what she had to do heading into the final weekend of the campaign. Allen Weh needed to shine, but like Martinez, he was solid but not superb. Doug Turner and Janice Arnold-Jones had the best performances. Continue Reading
UPDATED: The deadline for filing campaign finance reports has been extended to 5 p.m. on Friday because of a power outage that hit downtown Santa Fe today. Continue Reading
UPDATED: One of three prominent Republicans who decided Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh’s ads were not accurate says it’s time to move past that situation. Continue Reading
UPDATED: The state chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens has accused the state Supreme Court’s disciplinary board of unfairly targeting appeals judge candidate Dennis W. Montoya – an allegation the head of the disciplinary board says is false. Continue Reading
Republican Land Commissioner Pat Lyons is inserting himself into the other party’s primary in the race to replace him by telling Democratic voters they should pick anyone but Ray Powell on Tuesday. Continue Reading
My record speaks for itself. I am running to restore trust, accountability, transparency and ethics to the important office of state land commissioner, and that is what I will do. Continue Reading
The commissioner of public lands is integral to the fiscal solvency of New Mexico’s schools, which is precisely why now is not the time to elect Ray Powell. Continue Reading
Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Jerry Ortiz y Pino is the latest candidate unveil a TV ad. Watch it here. Continue Reading
Polls show Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez ahead in the primary and leading Democrat Diane Denish by six points in a potential November contest. Martinez is now the likely – but not certain – winner of the primary, but the honeymoon with a state that’s just discovering her will soon end. Martinez’s journey would only get more difficult after the primary. Continue Reading
The Public Regulation Commission District 5 GOP primary race has degraded into a nasty battle between Jamie Estrada and Kent Evans. Continue Reading
Why aren’t more taxpayers questioning the government’s authority to regulate against issues such as obesity? Is it the government’s role to regulate obesity? If we tax products that are high in calories, shouldn’t we also subsidize products that aren’t, such as vegetables? Continue Reading
Susana Martinez has an 11-point lead over Allen Weh in the Republican gubernatorial primary race, a new poll shows. Martinez’s hard-line stance on immigration is apparently resonating, while Weh’s attempt to defend himself from her accusation that he supported amnesty hasn’t worked. Continue Reading
After being called out last week for falsely saying Lt. Gov. Diane Denish has done nothing to combat corruption, Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez is toning down the rhetoric a bit, now saying Denish has “failed to lead on the issue of corruption.” Continue Reading
House Speaker Ben Luján and Santa Fe County Commissioner Harry Montoya pushed for the use of public money to pave a church parking lot near Lujan’s home in Nambé, according to an e-mail from the county’s public works director. Continue Reading