New Mexico officially has a new political party just in time for election season. Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver’s office confirmed on May 15 that the New Mexico Forward Party, a state affiliate of the national party started by businessman and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, achieved minor party status, qualifying the party to […]
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“Women Get Sh*t Done”: Rep. Leger Fernández leads in new bi-partisan push to end sexual misconduct in Congress
As the head of the Democratic Women’s Caucus in Congress, New Mexico Representative Teresa Leger Fernández has already taken the lead to reform the historically predatory work environment many women feel working on Capitol Hill. Now, she is getting some bi-partisan help from her counterpart in the Republican caucus, Congresswoman Kat Cammack, a Republican of […]
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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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Can Sen. Martin Heinrich revive electrification under Trump?
Albuquerque — Martin Heinrich spent Friday morning gathered around a conference table in Downtown Albuquerque’s WESST economic development center to hear firsthand from New Mexicans how rising costs were making it harder for everyone from students to small business owners get by. From his post as the ranking member, or top Democrat, on the U.S. […]
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With Promises of Money, Controversial Gas Pipeline on Navajo Nation Passes First Hurdle
By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main — A 234-mile stretch of pipeline that could carry natural gas or natural gas-hydrogen blends across the Navajo Nation is a step closer to reality. This story is republished with permission from Capital & Main, an award-winning nonprofit publication repoorting on the most pressing economic, environmental and social issues of […]
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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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Supreme Court orders Rep. Dow back on the ballot
Santa Fe — State Representative Rebecca Dow will be on the ballot after all. The months-long dispute was settled unanimously by the state Supreme Court who ordered her name placed on the ballot, overturning a decision by a district court judge who had ruled that screenshots of voter names who had signed Dow’s petitions did […]
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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 […]