New Mexico Attorney General Gary King’s (Democrat) …links… to stolen emails.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 7th at 11:45 AM  | 

Oh man but this is going to throw a spanner into the works for Democrats in New Mexico next year. Executive summary: Jamie Estrada, former campaign manager for Susana Martinez (now the Republican governor of New Mexico), is accused of stealing* emails from her campaign account and passing them along to Democratic operative (and accused pedophile[**]) Jason Loera. Loera is likewise accused of passing along | Read More »

Meet New Mexico’s liberal Tim Keller, before he becomes fake-moderate Tim Keller.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  May 17th at 01:30 PM  | 

Well, let us not ignore the upcoming election cycle simply because the Obama administration has decided to go utterly mad this week*. Below for your dubious delectation is a video from the New Mexico Republican party on one Tim Keller, who is being pushed out as a stealth liberal challenger to Governor Susana Martinez next year. I say “stealth” because – well, watch: Short version | Read More »

Is Marco Rubio Still Winning the Veepstakes?

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  April 5th at 10:05 AM  | 

Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Matt Lewis to discuss the Veepstakes, how Marco Rubio and Susana Martinez could make an impact on the ticket, and whether the Supreme Court’s decision in the Obamacare case could play a role in who Mitt Romney picks. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment | Read More »

Corrupt Dem legislator makes racist attack on Susana Martinez

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  December 15th at 02:44 PM  | 

There’s an interesting scandal right now in New Mexico right now. You see, the New Mexico constitution tries to stop corruption, a real problem in the  state as the Economist recently noted, by requiring that state legislators cannot draw a salary from other sources during the legislative session. But Channel KRQE has reported that there is a set of legislators who do not abide by | Read More »

Diane Denish (D CAND, NM-GOV) smeared by own attack ad?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  September 10th at 10:00 AM  | 

The very short version: the NEA put up an attack ad for Denish and against frontrunner Susana Martinez that featured a teacher who proceeded to badmouth Martinez’s education strategy. The only problem? Martinez happens to have been the prosecutor who put said teacher’s husband away for 23 years for kidnapping – something that was not exactly brought up in the first campaign ad, and which | Read More »

Neck and Neck in New Mexico

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  June 24th at 02:42 PM  | 

Via Real Clear Politics we now turn to this Magellan Strategies poll of the New Mexico Governor’s race. New Mexico is a swingy state, capable of going with either party for Senate, Governor, or President, that swung sharply against Republicans in recent years. But right now the race for Governor is nearly even.