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Elections Roundup

By Matthew Reichbach | August 21, 2019

Note: This is an edition of the NM Political Report Elections Roundup, which comes out twice a month on Tuesdays (and will increase to ever week when elections near) as an email newsletter. Sign up to get the newsletter here. Quick hits

This week, U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján announced he supports impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. See my story on it.U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland announced her support last week.Speaking of Haaland, after endorsing Elizabeth Warren for president, she has been a fairly active surrogate on behalf of the Massachusetts U.S. Senator, especially on Native issues.Andy wrote about how political parties can’t hold raffle fundraisers according to a state agency.It’s not officially a campaign event, but VP Mike Pence will be in Artesia this week.Any links you think I should include in the next edition? Email matthew [at] nmpoliticalreport [dot] com.

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NM Elections Roundup: Three weeks to Election Day

By Matthew Reichbach | October 17, 2018

The NM Elections Roundup comes out every Tuesday morning through email. The following is an excerpt from this week’s email. To get the full version each week, including a look at the ads on the air, sign up here. The Associated Press reported that Republican candidate Steve Pearce invested millions of dollars in companies that lease equipment for oil and gas exploration. One of those companies, Trinity Industries, was previously described as renting party equipment.

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NM Elections Roundup: Campaign cash and ‘bull___t’

By Matthew Reichbach | October 10, 2018

The NM Elections Roundup comes out every Tuesday morning through email. The following is an excerpt from this week’s email. To get the full version each week, including a look at the ads on the air, sign up here. Michelle Lujan Grisham once again outraised and outspent Steve Pearce in the race for governor. But Pearce has more cash on hand for the final for weeks of the campaign, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports.

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NM Elections Roundup: Youngblood convicted, Gary Johnson updates and more

By Matthew Reichbach | October 4, 2018

The NM Elections Roundup comes out every Tuesday morning through email. The following is an excerpt from this week’s email. To get the full version each week, including a look at the ads on the air, sign up here. It’s just five weeks until Election Day, and campaigns are entering their final stretch.State Rep. Monica Youngblood was convicted of one count of aggravated DWI last week. The bench trial took place exactly six weeks before Election Day.

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NM Elections Roundup: Two debates, while focus is on 2nd CD

By Matthew Reichbach | September 26, 2018

Every Tuesday, NM Political Report sends out an elections roundup email. Here’s a portion of this week’s email. To sign up for the full version, sign up here. It’s almost October, which means the election is just around the corner. Which means you’re seeing a lot of TV ads featuring smiling candidates.

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NM Elections Roundup: Straight-ticket voting, campaign finance reports and more…

By Matthew Reichbach | September 12, 2018

Every week from now until the Nov. 6 election, we’ll recap the big election stories each week. The full version of this recap comes out every Tuesday morning—if you aren’t signed up yet, you can do so here. On to the recap! Straight-ticket party voting is a major campaign issue, since Democratic Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver announced late last month that she would put the option back on ballots for 2018.