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Rod Montoya has resigned from his position as chairman of the San Juan County Republican Party because he wants to advocate for candidates in some primary races in advance of the June 1 election. Continue Reading
Months after filing its request for financial records with District Attorney Susana Martinez’s office, the Democratic Party is still working to obtain all documents that exist. The stumbling blocks: The office didn’t initially provide everything it has, but it’s working to remedy that. And it didn’t forward the request to the state finance department – which a sunshine group says it was required to do. Continue Reading
Republican and Democratic candidates for the District 5 seat on the Public Regulation Commission will gather in Santa Teresa this evening for a forum. Continue Reading
Public Regulation Commission candidate Andrew Leo Lopez claims residents of Eldorado, a community near Santa Fe, are “bigoted Anglos.” The facts prove him wrong. I hope by pointing out those facts I can combat his attempt to drive a wedge between people. Continue Reading
The New Mexico Supreme Court’s disciplinary board has accused Court of Appeals candidate Dennis W. Montoya of misconduct including fraud, deceit, lying to the court, having a conflict of interest, failing to adequately represent a client and failing to adequately account for and distinguish client funds from his own. Continue Reading
Republican Lt. Gov. candidate John Sanchez is airing his second television ad of the campaign, a 30-second spot that focuses on his background. Continue Reading
Lt. Gov. Diane Denish’s office now says it doesn’t maintain any sort of calendar or schedule of Denish’s appointments but may be able to provide NMPolitics.net with other documents that indicate some of what she’s been doing. The office won’t say who, if anyone, is maintaining Denish’s calendar. Continue Reading
Secretary of State Mary Herrera’s office has added Las Cruces to the list of cities in which it’s holding trainings on the new campaign finance reporting system. Continue Reading
State Insurance Superintendent Morris J. Chavez resigned today, citing, according to The Associated Press, “sad and derogatory” comments as the reason. Continue Reading
MoveOn.org is hosting a forum in Las Cruces this evening to talk about the “problem of corporations and lobbyists.” Continue Reading
Jon Barela, the Republican challenger to U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., said he hopes the race can stay focused on the issues instead of “non-substantive discussion” that’s not constructive. There’s a big contrast between the two candidates on fiscal policy that Barela is eager to talk about. Continue Reading
The main message people have been telling me as I walk my district is simply that we have more government than we can afford and that the state and counties look to the home and to the homeowner inside to fund its expanding activities. Continue Reading
Today is the last day to register to vote in the June 1 primary, and early voting for the Democratic and Republican party primaries begins today. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez released her third television ad today, a 30-second spot that explains her assertion that ending corruption helps create jobs. Watch it here. Continue Reading
Doña Ana County is without an elections supervisor after Bob Bartelsmeyer and the county parted ways last week – a month before the June primary. Continue Reading