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Ted Cruz’s campaign is increasingly eyeing a win based on a kind of sweet spot of turnout — high but not too high. What’s riding on the bet is one of the central questions of Trump’s candidacy: Can he convert the thousands of people who pack stadiums for his rallies into reliable voters? Continue Reading
Iowa, New Hampshire voters will be blind to last-minute bankrollers of big-spending groups. Continue Reading
A legislative race that’s expected to one of the top contests in the state this year began to take shape Thursday when Las Cruces City Councilor Ceil Levatino announced she will attempt to unseat State Sen. Bill Soules. Continue Reading
Former Gov. Gary Johnson, the 2012 Libertarian Party nominee for president, announced today that he’s running for president again this year. Continue Reading
We need to enter into a dialogue with neighbors in hopes to achieve a bipartisan society and political process. Continue Reading
Lt. Gov. John Sanchez has some ideas for improving the state’s campaign reporting system following the recent resignation and conviction of former Secretary of State Dianna Duran, who was illegally abusing that system. Continue Reading
Gov. Susana Martinez appointed Brad Winter to be New Mexico’s next secretary of state on Tuesday. Many NMPolitics.net readers said they were happy with the choice. Continue Reading
Weak laws, a lack of enforcement, and ethically challenged decisions add to the problem of dark money in New Mexico. Continue Reading
A year after Republicans took control of the N.M. House of Representatives and wrestled the position of speaker away from him, Rep. Ken Martinez announced Friday that he plans to retire from the Legislature. Continue Reading
We must fully embrace the integrated, data-driven approach to policing and prosecution that has had a dramatic impact on the rate of violent crime in cities across the country. Continue Reading
The only socialism Bernie Sanders is going to give us is what we have already been living with since the 1930s — only more and better. Continue Reading
In the heaviest advertising month yet during the 2016 presidential campaign, non-candidate groups such as super PACs and politically active nonprofits have dominated the airwaves. Continue Reading
The former campaign manager for Howard Dean says small-dollar donors can’t beat big money — yet. Continue Reading
Dianna Duran promised to be different, but it didn’t work out that way. Now it falls on Gov. Susana Martinez to lead New Mexico’s newest attempt to restore trust in the Secretary of State’s Office.
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Not so fast, the online retailer tells a teenage super PAC founder. Continue Reading