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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
Having a one-sided conversation about cutting spending but not raising revenue ties the hands of legislators who want to protect their communities from education and Medicaid cuts and future job losses. The governor needs to recognize that his tax policy is a failed policy. 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
As we head into the special session, projections of our state’s budget shortfall get worse and worse. And the specter of massive cuts — or even a few tax increases — looms larger every day. So here they are, my guidelines for making these hard budget decisions. 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