Author – The Journal

Democrats flip House seat in New Mexico with Vasquez victory

SANTA FE – Democratic challenger Gabe Vasquez has won election to Congress in New Mexico’s 2nd District, defeating incumbent Rep. Yvette Herrell in a majority-Hispanic district along the U.S...

DATE: Nov 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

U.S. providing abortion access for detained migrant youths

Youths could be taken out of Texas for abortion

DATE: Nov 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico reelects Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham

Ronchetti fell short on criticism of oversight of the economy, public education and child protective services

DATE: Nov 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Crime opens political lane for GOP in New Mexico

Ronchetti assails Lujan Grisham for ‘catch-and-release’ justice

DATE: Nov 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

False election claims overwhelm local efforts to push back

ESTANCIA, N.M. – Republican county commissioners in this swath of ranching country in New Mexico’s high desert have tried everything they can think of to persuade voters their elections are ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor pins reelection to support for abortion

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham hitched her reelection campaign squarely to support for abortion access in the second head-to-head debate of the campaign season with Repub...

DATE: Oct 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

1st debate highlights stakes in New Mexico race for governor

SANTA FE – A former television meteorologist is making his case to replace the Democratic governor of New Mexico, as the candidates prepare for a live-broadcast debate on Friday night. Repub...

DATE: Sep 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Groups: Retaliation after migrants report detention center

ESTANCIA, N.M. – Migrants held by U.S. authorities at a detention center in rural New Mexico have endured retaliation rather than aid after reporting unsanitary conditions at the government-...

DATE: Sep 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico candidate ends gun giveaway tied to $100 donations

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Republican nominee for secretary of state has removed an online campaign flyer that offered the chance to receive a firearm in return for $100 donations to her campai...

DATE: Sep 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico braces for exodus from Medicaid insurance

SANTA FE – New Mexico is bracing for a rapid exodus of up to 100,000 people from subsidized Medicaid health care next year as the federal government phases out special pandemic-era spending ...

DATE: Sep 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico previously bused migrants during Trump years

SANTA FE – When migrants overwhelmed cities and shelters in New Mexico in 2019, Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham moved several dozen of them by bus from border communities to Denver, w...

DATE: Sep 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Cowboys for Trump co-founder appeals ban from public office

SANTA FE – A New Mexico politician and Trump supporter who was removed and barred from elected office for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, is attempting to appeal that deci...