2022 Top Stories: 10-6

Note: Every year, we count down the top ten stories of the year, as voted on by NM Political Report staffers. See our entire countdown of 2022 top stories, to date, here. 10. Couy Griffin booted from office

Former Otero County Commissioner and Cowboys for Trump founder and spokesman Couy Griffin once again found himself in the spotlight throughout 2022, finishing the year out of office. Griffin was removed from office in September based on the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment’s Disqualification Clause due to his participation in the Jan.

Double your donations on this Giving Tuesday

Today is an exciting day for us at NM Political Report. Today is Giving Tuesday, an alternative to the Black Friday or Cyber Monday: where instead of buying a big screen TV or a new phone, you can support worthy causes before the end of the year. As a nonprofit newsroom in a small population state, I hope that you consider us one of those worthy causes. To make it even better, this year we are lucky enough to be part of the Local News Fund’s annual matching campaign. This means that your donations from today until December 31 will be matched (up to $5,000) and go even further towards helping our newsroom not only keep the top-notch coverage that you’re used to, but let us expand our coverage.