By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — Two Republican state legislators withdrew their endorsements of Sandoval County Commission District 3 candidate Daniel Stoddard after The Paper. reported on a May 1 incident in which a hotel manager said Stoddard drew a revolver and threatened to shoot him — and a December 2024 domestic battery arrest at […]
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Haaland outraises all other gov candidates combined, again
Deb Haaland has done it again. In the most recent campaign finance reports for candidates for governor, Haaland added $868,673 to her campaign war chest, outpacing all other candidates for governor combined. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a nonprofit news service covering politics and policy in the Land of Enchantment. […]
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Dem Party asks TV stations to pull candidate’s ad implying party endorsement
By Pat Davis, The Paper. — The Democratic Party of New Mexico took the unusual step this week of asking local television stations to stop running an ad from one of their own candidates. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a nonprofit news service covering politics and policy in the Land […]
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In new ad outside Epstein’s Zorro Ranch, Turner promises accountability and takes early swipe at Deb Haaland
Doug Turner is making a bet that Republican primary election voters, and November’s general election voters want answers about what happened inside the gates of Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico Zorro Ranch. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a nonprofit news service covering politics and policy in the Land of Enchantment. Learn […]
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Republican governor candidate calls for eliminating New Mexico’s gross receipts tax on retail sales
Duke Rodriguez, a Republican candidate for New Mexico governor wants to eliminate the state’s gross receipts tax on retail sales entirely — and says the state can afford it right now. Rodriguez, a former state cabinet secretary and hospital executive, reiterated the idea during Friday’s Albuquerque Journal Republican gubernatorial debate, arguing the state’s surplus reserves […]
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Three Republicans clash on crime, taxes and education in New Mexico governor’s race
New Mexico voters hoping to end years of Democratic control of the governor’s office got a close look at the field Friday, as three Republican candidates debated crime, taxes and education in a forum hosted by the Albuquerque Journal. Former Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull, Albuquerque businessman Doug Turner and former state cabinet secretary Duke […]
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Vasquez, Cunningham get early start on Nov. election with fewer Dem., GOP partisans to woo
The candidates in New Mexico’s most contested Congressional race of 2026 are getting a head start on the November General Election matchup after Republican Jose Orozco ended his primary campaign, but with voter registration data showing voters fleeing both major parties, the race is shaping up to be a fight for the independent voter. After […]
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As early voting opens, here’s who is on the ballot and where to vote
Voters can start casting ballots Tuesday in the 2026 primary and, in Rio Rancho, they’ll find a familiar name on the ballot. Former Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull, who handed over the mayor’s office to Paul Wymer after April’s runoff election, is on the ballot for the Republican gubernatorial primary alongside Duke Rodriguez and Doug […]
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After the race: Piland turns from mayoral bid to food banks and unfinished business
Alexandria Piland didn’t win Rio Rancho’s mayoral runoff, but the Democratic candidate says her campaign forced conversations city leaders still need to finish — starting with how much residents actually know about what’s happening inside City Hall. Piland told The Paper. in Rio Rancho that transparency, not roads or water, was the top concern she […]
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Five candidates, one stage and a whole lot of agreement about how bad things are
Tuesday night at Rio Rancho Public Schools’ Training Center, five people who want to be your next governor walked into a room, agreed on almost everything and somehow still managed to make it interesting. The 2026 New Mexico Gubernatorial Primary Forum — co-hosted by the League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico and the […]
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