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An anonymously created video that accuses Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez’s family of being involved in a Texas irrigation district that’s been in legal battles with New Mexico over water is circulating widely in advance of a Sunday rally for Democrat Diane Denish in Taos. But Martinez says the claims in the video are false, and the Denish campaign is distancing itself from the video. Continue Reading
Republican Matthew Chandler, who’s taking on Democratic incumbent Gary King in the attorney general’s race, says there’s a simple reason voters shouldn’t re-elect King: The AG hasn’t done what he said he would do to root out public corruption. Continue Reading
Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Brian Colón did better than most lieutenant governor candidates across the nation in online fundraising during the primary, and he has a highly interactive social media presence. He attributes his success in the primary to social media. Continue Reading
The Democratic Governors Association unveiled a new TV ad today that furthers claims made in its last attack ad on Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez. Meanwhile, the Republican Governors Association has donated another $500,000 to Martinez’s campaign. Continue Reading
District Attorney Susana Martinez’s office paid companies owned by an employee’s husband for several years to mentor juveniles in an after-school martial arts program. The District Court in Las Cruces entered into a similar arrangement with one of the companies. Martinez says it made sense to use the same company. Continue Reading
One fact faces the new governor, as well as state senators and representatives: The flow of funds from the federal government’s economic recovery stimulus program will cease. Even with those funds, the state had to cut the public education budget this year; without them, the state will have to cut it next year. Continue Reading
Both candidates for governor say they would pick university regents based on qualifications and experience rather than politics, but neither is explicitly promising that she won’t try to exert direct control over regents by attempting to remove those who don’t vote her way on issues. Continue Reading
The Secretary of State’s Office has fired two whistleblowers who took allegations of potential criminal activity in the office to the FBI. Continue Reading
Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh has started a political action committee aimed at “building citizen awareness and support for the principles the American republic is based on.” Continue Reading
The upcoming November elections are just the beginning of a new era in American politics where more young people, women and Hispanics will begin to make a big leadership impact within the Republican Party both locally and nationally. Continue Reading
The candidates for New Mexico’s 2nd and 3rd congressional district seats have agreed to two televised debates in the coming weeks, while in the 1st District both candidates have agreed to one televised debate, but the Democrat, Martin Heinrich, has rejected the second. Continue Reading
Susana Martinez continues to consistently claim that state government has grown by 50 percent (sometimes she says 54 percent) during the last 7.5 years. Her allegation about state government is simply not true, and it’s not even close. Continue Reading
The next governor of New Mexico will immediately be tasked with balancing a budget deficit in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Here is how I would achieve fiscal responsibility in New Mexico. Continue Reading
Two new media reports indicate trouble in Secretary of State Mary Herrera’s office, with one quoting former employees about the issues in her office and the other citing e-mails that indicate that some office employees were being paid by taxpayers while they worked on Herrera’s campaign. Continue Reading
News that the chairman of the state’s teacher pension fund resigned after the Albuquerque Journal learned of a controversial loan he had received angered New Mexico’s gubernatorial candidates. Continue Reading