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The GOP guv primary remains wide open, Denish has the advantage in November but isn’t unbeatable, and Pearce/Teague remains one of the hottest House races in the nation. Then there’s the guv. Of course his approval rating has tanked. Continue Reading
New polls of the state’s three congressional races show a tight contest in the 2nd Congressional District, Democratic Rep. Martin Heinrich with a significant lead over Republican challenger Jon Barela in the 1st District and Democratic Rep. Ben Ray Luján surprisingly vulnerable in the 3rd District. Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC Tuesday evening to promote his idea to reform the way the Senate does business. Continue Reading
Hundreds of people showed up in Las Cruces today for an official U.S. Senate hearing on the proposal from Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, D-N.M., to protect more than 300,000 acres of land in Doña Ana County. Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, D-N.M., will be in Las Cruces today to hold an official Senate hearing on their proposal to protect more than 300,000 acres of land in Doña Ana County. Continue Reading
While Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid proposed last week trimming jobs legislation from $85 billion to $15 billion over 10 years, U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich was home — in his 1st Congressional District — touring a low-income housing construction site that will create or retain 100 jobs for workers who have been collecting unemployment for months. Continue Reading
When a truth is out of favor, it is still a truth. One such truth is that protecting your family, or children at school, is only possible with a force at least equal to an attacker’s force. Continue Reading
The National Republican Congressional Committee has added Republican congressional candidate Jon Barela to ‘contender’ status in its 2010 Young Guns program, a three-step program dedicated to electing open-seat and challenger GOP candidates nationwide. Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M., had little to say today about his looming election battle against former Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, saying he’s more focused on doing his job. Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Harry Teague has introduced legislation that would encourage additional states to collect DNA from people arrested for felony crimes so it can be checked against DNA gathered from unsolved crimes. Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich says grants awarded to technology companies in New Mexico will boost employment, especially in the renewable energy industry. Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., made a brief stop at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe earlier today. Continue Reading
Former Gov. Gary Johnson, who’s sounding more and more like a potential presidential candidate, plans to announce his “Three Point-Plan for Economic Prosperity” Tuesday at a press event in Washington. Continue Reading
Steve Pearce says the movement that helped Scott Brown recently win a Senate seat in Massachusetts also helps him in his quest to retake New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District seat – but it isn’t because he’s a Republican.
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Republican 3rd Congressional District candidate Tom Mullins has not filed his year-end financial report with the Federal Election Commission – which was due on Jan. 31 – because, he says, his “volunteer campaign treasurer is having difficulty converting the numbers using the forms on the FEC’s Web site.” Continue Reading