By Matthew Reichbach Albuquerque City Councilor Louie Sanchez is collecting seed money for public financing for a mayoral run. Sanchez sent a text to supporters and set up a donation page for a campaign website as he seeks to step up to the mayor’s office. Sanchez confirmed to City Desk ABQ that he was collecting […]
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Attempt to burn down Republican Party HQ draws condemnation, investigations
This post was originally published on this site<img width="1024" height="740" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/unnamed-5-1024×740-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="A fire broke out at the entrance of a Republican Party of New Mexico office Sunday morning. Party officials say the fire is a case of arson." decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/unnamed-5-1024×740-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/unnamed-5-300×217.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/unnamed-5-768×555.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/unnamed-5-1200×867.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/unnamed-5-400×289.jpg 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/unnamed-5.jpg 1382w" sizes="(max-width: […]
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Who’s running for mayor of Albuquerque?
By Matthew Reichbach An increasingly crowded mayoral race is likely to grow in the coming weeks. And as it’s an odd-numbered year, the Albuquerque mayoral race will be the political event to watch in New Mexico (along with the Santa Fe mayoral race, also this fall). The election will take place on Nov. 4 and […]
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Who’s running for mayor of Albuquerque?
By Matthew Reichbach An increasingly crowded mayoral race is likely to grow in the coming weeks. And as it’s an odd-numbered year, the Albuquerque mayoral race will be the political event to watch in New Mexico (along with the Santa Fe mayoral race, also this fall). The election will take place on Nov. 4 and […]
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Trump order seeks to upend elections
This post was originally published on this site<img width="1024" height="768" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/IMG_0834-scaled-1-1024×768-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="A "Vote Here" sign at the Otero County Fairgrounds in Alamogordo." decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/IMG_0834-scaled-1-1024×768-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-300×225.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-768×576.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-1536×1152.jpg 1536w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-2048×1536.jpg 2048w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-1200×900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-800×600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-600×450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-400×300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-200×150.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-1568×1176.jpg 1568w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-2000×1500.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), […]
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Garcia Richard running for Lt. Gov.
This post was originally published on this site<img width="928" height="628" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/StephanieGarciaRichard_1737-1-e1566608925874.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/StephanieGarciaRichard_1737-1-e1566608925874.jpg 928w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/StephanieGarciaRichard_1737-1-e1566608925874-300×203.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/StephanieGarciaRichard_1737-1-e1566608925874-768×520.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/StephanieGarciaRichard_1737-1-e1566608925874-400×271.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1656725" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/stephaniegarciarichard_1737-1/" data-orig-file="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/StephanieGarciaRichard_1737-1-e1566608925874.jpg" data-orig-size="928,628" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="StephanieGarciaRichard_1737 (1)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" […]
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Former legislative candidate convicted in shootings of lawmakers homes
This post was originally published on this site<img width="1024" height="820" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-1024×820-1.jpeg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Solomon Pena when he was arrested by APD in January of 2023. Photo by Roberto E. Rosales / City Desk Abq" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-1024×820-1.jpeg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-300×240.jpeg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-768×615.jpeg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-1536×1229.jpeg 1536w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-2048×1639.jpeg 2048w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-1200×960.jpeg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-1568×1255.jpeg 1568w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-2000×1601.jpeg 2000w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rer_solomonpena-scaled-1-400×320.jpeg 400w" sizes="(max-width: […]
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Former legislative candidate convicted in shootings of lawmakers homes
By Rodd Cayton A former Republican legislative candidate was found guilty of federal charges involving the shooting of the houses of Democratic officials this week. A federal jury found Solomon Peña, 41, guilty of using and carrying a machine gun during and in relation to a crime of violence, solicitation to commit a crime of […]
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Former legislative candidate convicted in shootings of lawmakers homes
By Rodd Cayton A former Republican legislative candidate was found guilty of federal charges involving the shooting of the houses of Democratic officials this week. A federal jury found Solomon Peña, 41, guilty of using and carrying a machine gun during and in relation to a crime of violence, solicitation to commit a crime of […]
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Daniel Chavez enters ABQ mayoral race
The field of candidates hoping to be the next mayor of Albuquerque continues to swell. The latest entrant, according to reports, is Daniel Chavez, the president of a parking lot company in Albuquerque. City records show that as of Wednesday afternoon Chavez has not yet filed the paperwork to to run. Chavez, the president of […]