By Andy Lyman / The Paper. and Elise Kaplan / City Desk ABQ City clerk, county treasurer and two county commission seats were all on the ballot in Bernalillo County, with a mix of new and familiar faces vying to compete in the general election. Two Republicans competed for the chance to represent the Democratic […]
Politics & Elections
Posted inBernalillo County, Local Gov., Politics & Elections
After primary win, Sam Bregman all but clinches 4 more years as DA
As more than 73,000 voters — about 22% of those eligible — headed to the polls in Bernalillo County on Tuesday, eyes were on the expensive and high-profile race for district attorney. The winner of the Democratic primary essentially clinched the race and will likely run unopposed in the general election in November. Right off […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Politics & Elections, Sandoval County
Election conspiracist wins GOP nomination for state Senate seat in New Mexico
By MORGAN LEE / Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Republican who backed Donald Trump’s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election won the GOP nomination for a state Senate seat in New Mexico’s primary election on Tuesday. At the same time, Democrats ousted a state senator accused of sexual harassment as voters picked their […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Politics & Elections
Biden and Trump win Democratic, Republican elections in some of 2024’s last primary contests
This story is republished from Associated Press as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in news coverage that matters to New Mexico. By MICHELLE L. PRICE / Associated Press President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won Democratic and Republican primaries in a handful of states Tuesday, among some of the […]
Posted inNational News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated
Biden and Trump win Democratic, Republican elections in some of 2024’s last primary contests
This story is republished from Associated Press as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in news coverage that matters to New Mexico. By MICHELLE L. PRICE / Associated Press President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won Democratic and Republican primaries in a handful of states Tuesday, among some of the […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated
New Mexico primary holds implications for Legislature and Santa Fe DA in Alec Baldwin case
This story is republished from Associated Press as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in news coverage that matters to New Mexico. By MORGAN LEE / Associated Press New Mexico voters picked their partisan favorites in Tuesday’s primary to reshape a Democratic-led Legislature, with all 112 seats up for election in […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Housing & Homelessness, Politics & Elections
Off to the primary races
Primary election day in Albuquerque wasn’t unusual: Voters arrived and received their ballots, poll workers had things moving quickly, signs sought to take one more shot at swaying citizens’ attention and candidates traversed the city to thank voters for their time. Wait times for voters were observably short at polling places City Desk ABQ visited, […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated
The primary election is today. More than one-third of legislative candidates have already won
Not one of the 70 seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives is a district in which both Democrats and Republicans fielded more than one candidate. It’s a similar story in the Senate, where three of 42 seats have more than one Democrat and more than one Republican competing in the primaries today. Those […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated, Uncategorized
100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Voter participation advocate Theresa Pasqual traverses the tribal community of Acoma Pueblo with a stack of sample ballots in her car and applications for absentee ballots, handing them out at every opportunity ahead of New Mexico’s June 4 primary. Residents of the pueblo’s original mesa-top “sky city” that endured after […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the New Mexico presidential and state primaries
By MAYA SWEEDLER / Associated Press New Mexico voters will be among the last to cast ballots for presidential nominees when the state holds its presidential and state primaries on Tuesday. That day includes the final four contests on the Republican side and is the penultimate presidential primary day on the Democratic side. Both parties have had […]