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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U.S. House passes Farm Bill with 9 bills for ranchers, farmers from N.M.’s Rep. Vasquez
New Mexico ranchers, farmers and tribal communities stand to gain nine new federal protections after U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez joined just 13 other House Democrats in voting to advance the first Farm Bill since 2018 — breaking years of partisan gridlock that has stalled the legislation. Vasquez secured bipartisan support for all nine of his […]
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Bregman pitches no income taxes for seniors 65+
Sam Bregman has a bold idea that he says will make aging easier for New Mexicans. In a new policy pitch announced today, Bregman says he will ask the legislature to totally eliminate state income taxes for New Mexicans aged 65 and older and he plans to pay for it from the state’s record oil […]
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Polls show Trump approval hits record low in New Mexico
During the final days of the 2024 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump added a New Mexico stop to his agenda and declared “We can win New Mexico.” He lost 51%-46%, coming up short by more than 55,000 votes. Now, 18 months into his second term and just 6 months away from mid-term elections, a pair […]
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Poll: In Gov primaries, Haaland still leads Dems, GOP aren’t excited for any candidate
Just two weeks before early voting begins in the biggest political contest of 2026, new polling finds that most Republicans still aren’t excited about any candidate while Democrats have picked a clear favorite. An Emerson College Poll conducted last weekend for KRQE News surveyed 1,000 likely New Mexico primary voters about the candidates on the […]
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“First Endorser” Martin Heinrich is wading into primaries to fix the Democratic Party from the bottom up
Santa Fe – On a chilly Friday night in late February, a steady line of cars made their way up Santa Fe’s famed Canyon Road. Past the art galleries and James Beard-nominated restaurants, they continued up the canyon where city pavement gives way to a graveled side road and arrived at their destination where samples […]
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Sam Bregman’s campaign laid off staff ahead of finance deadline
By Pat Davis — In the days leading up to a critical fundraising deadline, Sam Bregman’s campaign for governor laid off staff in areas of the state key to Bregman’s early strategy to win the Democratic primary for governor. Sources close to the campaign reached by New Mexico Political Report on Tuesday confirmed that several […]
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CYFD, governor dispute DOJ findings, say reforms already underway
New Mexico’s Children, Youth and Families Department and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham pushed back on a damning state Department of Justice report, saying the failures it documents are problems of the past — and that Acting Secretary Valerie Sandoval’s team had already taken action on each of the eight systemic issues the attorney general identified. […]
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CYFD ‘in crisis:’ AG files lawsuit after 14 child deaths tied to agency failures
New Mexico’s child welfare agency has failed to protect children in its care for years — and used state confidentiality laws to hide it, according to a new investigative report from the New Mexico Department of Justice. Attorney General Raúl Torrez released the report Wednesday and filed a lawsuit in Santa Fe District Court seeking […]
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A New Mexico senator earns James Beard nomination alongside Mesa Provisions, Bow & Arrow Brewing
The James Beard Awards are some of the most competitive and prestigious recognitions in food and beverage, so how did a New Mexico politician end up on the list alongside a local chef and brewery? Albuquerque chef Steve Riley of Mesa Provisions in Nob Hill and Bow & Arrow Brewing, a Native women-owned brewery founded […]
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