Gov. Susana Martinez says she’s looking into any and all options when it comes to seating the replacement for Republican Kent Cravens in the Roundhouse but admits she may have no choice but to allow Democrat Lisa Curtis to be seated when the state legislature convenes in January. In the same brief interview with Capitol [...]

In a 4-3 vote Monday (Nov. 21), the board of the State Fair approved a controversial 25-year agreement with the Downs at Albuquerque. The lease calls for the construction of a $20 million casino on the grounds of Expo New Mexico.
Just last month, the State Fair came under withering criticism at a meeting of the [...]

New Mexico’s population is 46.3 percent Hispanic.
Last November, the state elected the first female Hispanic governor in the history of the United States (Susana Martinez). New Mexico’s speaker of House of Representatives is Hispanic (Ben Luján). The floor leader of the state Senate is Hispanic (Michael Sanchez) and so is the current Lt. Governor [...]

(Editor’s Note: In light of a number of recent stories connecting associates and friends of former Gov. Bill Richardson to alleged political scandals, Capitol Report New Mexico contacted John Dendahl to offer his thoughts about the former governor. During their time on the New Mexico political scene, Dendahl and Richardson locked horns on a regular [...]

Martin Heinrich is the odds-on favorite to win the Democratic nomination for the US Senate seat about to be vacated by Jeff Bingaman.
But Hector Balderas figures to make it a real race … and one that could very well go down to the wire come November of 2012.
On Wednesday (July 6) the state auditor received [...]

The Democratic polling group Public Policy Polling (PPP) has come out with another survey of New Mexico voters and Susana Martinez comes out a big winner while former governor Bill Richardson’s numbers are “about as bad as they could possibly be.”
New Mexico has been identified by PPP as one of seven swing states in the [...]

Former Albuquerque mayor Marty Chavez is running for Congress; but former Lt. Governor Diane Denish says she isn’t.
Chavez officially announced his candidacy for the soon-to-be-vacated seat of Rep. Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico), who is resigning to run for the US Senate seat now held by Jeff Bingaman. Chavez released a slickly-produced video in conjunction [...]

By an investigator’s account, Judge Mike Murphy in 2007 brazenly explained to other judges the way he thought judicial appointments worked under then Gov. Bill Richardson. It was simple. You pay to play.
To believe otherwise was “old fashion,” Murphy reportedly told another judge who thought it improper that political contributions would have anything [...]

A newly elected governor who made government transparency a keystone of her campaign platform now faces an emerging controversy over control of the state’s primary source of public information about state finances.
Critics say a newly minted transparency Web site developed during the previous administration’s final months lacks basic usability [...]

Senator Richardson.
Say it slowly, try not to throw up and give it a chance to sink in. It makes perfect sense. Come on folks, if I can say it so can you… SENATOR RICHARDSON.
Yes, that Richardson, Big Bill, Slick Guillermo, the flabby King.
Richardson is the only Democrat that merits consideration. [...]