Republican congressional candidate Ndidiamaka “Didi” Okpareke used a televised debate Monday to repeatedly challenge incumbent Democrat U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury over New Mexico’s affordability crisis, poor educational outcomes, and what Okpareke portrayed as a gap between federal spending announcements and results families can actually see. The debate, hosted by KOAT

One of the original sponsors of New Mexico’s proposed constitutional amendment to begin paying state lawmakers is facing fresh scrutiny over her own attendance record, as an opposition group argues voters should demand stronger accountability before approving annual legislative salaries. Our Values PAC released an analysis Sunday examining Democrat state

Republican gubernatorial nominee Gregg Hull walked onto a KOB 4 debate stage Thursday night, prepared for a face-to-face showdown with Democrat Deb Haaland. Instead, he found an empty podium. Haaland did not appear, citing a previously scheduled commitment with farmers, ranchers, and agricultural interests in southern New Mexico. That left

Newly released police body-camera footage is shedding new light on a 2024 Santa Fe crash involving one of New Mexico’s most powerful lawmakers — including the revelation that Senate President Pro Tempore Mimi Stewart called the Governor’s Office after striking a pedestrian and told responding officers that New Mexico State

A new KOB 4/SurveyUSA poll is showing what is increasingly difficult to dismiss in New Mexico’s race for governor: Democrat Deb Haaland is ahead, but Republican Gregg Hull remains within single digits with less than a month until Election Day. The survey of 567 likely voters found Haaland at 47%

A new campaign advertisement for Democrat U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez is leaning heavily into law enforcement — but its biggest claim does not survive a look at the federal spending records. The ad features Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen declaring, “Congressman Gabe Vasquez supports law enforcement. Period.” Then comes the

A new television ad is targeting Constitutional Amendment 4, the November ballot measure sponsored by Democrats and opposed by most Republicans that would allow New Mexico legislators to receive annual salaries tied to the state’s median household income. Our Values PAC announced Thursday that it is opposing the amendment and

New Mexico’s controversial seven-day waiting period for firearm purchases has suffered another major legal defeat, and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Attorney General Raúl Torrez are now appealing — extending a constitutional fight that has followed the law almost from the day it took effect. The important wrinkle: despite the

New Mexico was being hammered Tuesday by a sprawling flood emergency that triggered mandatory evacuations, a threatened dam failure, submerged highways, school closures, National Guard rescues, and warnings of potentially catastrophic flooding from Doña Ana County to Santa Fe and Ruidoso. Some of the most alarming scenes unfolded in the

Project Jupiter’s troubles are no longer confined to permitting fights and political battles in New Mexico. They are now showing up on Wall Street. Oracle shares have continued sliding after the technology giant invoked a force majeure provision tied to Project Jupiter, the enormous artificial intelligence data-center complex under construction

A longtime political operative who managed Deb Haaland’s gubernatorial campaign at its launch is now listed as a lobbyist for a company powering Project Jupiter — adding another connection between the Democrat gubernatorial nominee’s political orbit and the massive artificial intelligence data-center industry she has recently vowed to rein in.

New Mexico attorney Mike Seibel has secured a $200,000 settlement in a closely watched wrongful-death case involving the estate of a 26-week unborn child — a case Seibel says marks an unprecedented legal development in litigation against abortionists. The lawsuit, Wabbington v. Boyd, was brought against longtime late-term abortionist Curtis

Republican state Sen. David Gallegos of Eunice used New Mexico’s first lieutenant governor debate Thursday to draw sharp contrasts with Democrat State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard on crime, government dependency, abortion, education, data centers, and the direction of state government. The hourlong debate, hosted at the Albuquerque Journal and

Democrat gubernatorial nominee Deb Haaland used a national NewsNation interview Wednesday to pitch herself as an experienced manager, promise a day-one pause on new large-scale data centers, and blame President Donald Trump for a host of New Mexicans’ economic problems. But several of the interview’s most notable moments came from

Democrat U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez is accusing Republican challenger Greg Cunningham of avoiding southern New Mexico voters for not accepting a proposed Univision debate — even as Cunningham says he has already accepted three televised debate invitations and Vasquez has publicly confirmed only one of them. The dispute has become

Democrat gubernatorial nominee Deb Haaland’s attempt to appear tough on New Mexico’s increasingly controversial data center boom ran headfirst into a glaring campaign cash problem Thursday after she was pressed on donations tied to Project Jupiter — and did not commit to giving the money back. At a press conference

Democrat U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico is openly telling supporters that House Democrats are already preparing for “in-depth oversight and impeachments of administration officials” next year if voters hand the party control of the U.S. House in November. The comments came in a video circulating on X this

Democrat gubernatorial nominee Deb Haaland outraised Republican Gregg Hull during New Mexico’s latest campaign-finance reporting period. But a line-by-line review of the candidates’ actual reports shows a much more complicated picture than the topline numbers alone: Haaland is operating a heavily nationalized, high-volume fundraising and campaign apparatus, while Hull’s donor

New Mexico state Rep. Joseph Hernandez’s latest campaign-finance report is in, and the spending pattern previously documented by the Piñon Post did not end with the earlier filings. The Shiprock lawmaker’s First General Report, filed Sept. 14 with the New Mexico Secretary of State, shows another $6,797.40 in campaign expenditures,

Democrat U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez and gubernatorial nominee Deb Haaland welcomed Joe Biden’s former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to Las Cruces on Sunday, tying their campaigns to one of the Biden administration’s highest-profile former Cabinet officials — whose four years overseeing the nation’s transportation system were marked by a series

Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez went on the offensive against Republican challenger Greg Cunningham after Cunningham used a nationally televised GOP convention speech to hammer crime, border security and fentanyl in New Mexico — accusing his opponent of abandoning New Mexicans to “kiss the ring” of President Donald Trump. Cunningham,

Republican congressional candidate Greg Cunningham used a national stage in Dallas Thursday to put New Mexico’s crime, border and fentanyl problems at the center of his campaign against Democrat U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, delivering a roughly four-minute address at the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention. Cunningham, a retired Albuquerque police

Republican congressional candidate Greg Cunningham is set to appear on the national stage this week as the GOP puts New Mexico’s closely watched 2nd Congressional District contest in the spotlight at its first-ever midterm convention in Dallas. Cunningham, the Republican nominee challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, is among a

President Donald Trump spent Sunday doing what he has repeatedly proven capable of doing: posting an outrageous meme, sitting back, and watching Democrats rush to respond. This time, New Mexico’s entire Democratic political establishment practically lined up to take the bait. Trump shared an altered map of New Mexico on

The controversy surrounding Democrat state Rep. Andrea Romero is widening after a taxpayer-funded public relations firm hired to assist New Mexico’s Jeffrey Epstein “truth commission” became entangled in Romero’s personal political crisis — and then abruptly parted ways with the commission. Romero, who chairs the Survivors Truth Commission examining Epstein’s