The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives is ending the week in New Mexico, to support the party’s candidates and discuss priorities. Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is meeting with U.S. Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández, Gabe Vasquez and Melanie Stansbury in Albuquerque to discuss Project 2025’s implications for New Mexico. Project […]
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House Leader Jeffries visits ABQ
The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives is ending the week in New Mexico, to support the party’s candidates and discuss priorities. Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is meeting with U.S. Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández, Gabe Vasquez and Melanie Stansbury in Albuquerque to discuss Project 2025’s implications for New Mexico. Project […]
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Early voting starts next week
Even though Election Day is still a month away, early voting has begun and Bernalillo County voters can start casting ballots as soon as possible as next week.. Early voting will be available at the County Clerk’s Annex, 1500 Lomas Blvd NW, Suite A, from Tuesday Oct. 8 through Nov. 2. Voters can make their […]
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Early voting starts next week
Even though Election Day is still a month away, early voting has begun and Bernalillo County voters can start casting ballots as soon as possible as next week.. Early voting will be available at the County Clerk’s Annex, 1500 Lomas Blvd NW, Suite A, from Tuesday Oct. 8 through Nov. 2. Voters can make their […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Pueblos
Oil-and-gas giant gives big to dark money group
Chevron Corporation gave the single largest contribution to a dark money group that attempted but failed to stop the growing influence of progressive lawmakers in the Legislature during this year’s primary election, campaign filings show. The New Mexico Project, which for months fought divulging the source of its money and the details of its spending […]
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Updated: Albuquerque Journal editor resigns following shoplifting charge in Rio Rancho
Patrick Ethridge, the Albuquerque Journal’s top editor, resigned his position Thursday afternoon a few hours after a Rio Rancho Municipal Court judge approved his release from custody. Rio Rancho Municipal Court Judge Michael Gibson granted Ethridge’s early release Thursday morning after Ehtridge withdrew a previously entered guilty plea and pleaded no contest. Gibson originally sentenced […]
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Democrats try to find political salvation in the Southwest
By Paul Kane, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Once the leading edge of Western conservatism, four states in the Southwest have shifted over the last two decades to become a Democratic firewall, giving the party a fighter’s chance of keeping the Senate majority and bolstering their presidential prospects. Ahead of the 2004 elections, six of […]
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Democrats try to find political salvation in the Southwest
By Paul Kane, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Once the leading edge of Western conservatism, four states in the Southwest have shifted over the last two decades to become a Democratic firewall, giving the party a fighter’s chance of keeping the Senate majority and bolstering their presidential prospects. Ahead of the 2004 elections, six of […]
Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
Rep. Jim Jordan angles to lead a possible House Republican minority
By Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is not known for being generous with moderate colleagues. During the earliest days of his two decades in the House, the far-right firebrand often ignored, or publicly defied, the more centrist members of his party. But with his sights again set […]
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Rep. Jim Jordan angles to lead a possible House Republican minority
By Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is not known for being generous with moderate colleagues. During the earliest days of his two decades in the House, the far-right firebrand often ignored, or publicly defied, the more centrist members of his party. But with his sights again set […]