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New Mexico State Senate makes decisive left turn

By Marjorie Childress and Trip Jennings / New Mexico In Depth New Mexicans woke up on Wednesday not knowing who their next president would be. We’ll stay tuned to that nailbiter of a race, which appears will be decided in a few key states. New Mexico isn’t one of them. It handily voted for Biden, […]

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Rising COVID Cases Affect Albuquerque Community Centers

By Manuel Romero / NM News Port With COVID-19 cases on a dramatic rise across the state, local community centers have clamped down on their usual programs and activities and while putting extra safety protocols in place. Now over nine months since the first reported coronavirus cases were detected in New Mexico, the state’s COVID-19 […]

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Albuquerque shelter officials concerned about rise of COVID-19 cases

By Alika Medina / NM News Port The number of COVID-19 cases in Albuquerque’s largest homeless shelter has risen to more than 114, which comes as the shelter was re-opening in advance of winter weather.  Dennis Plummer, CEO of the nonprofit Heading Home, has confirmed between 114 and 130 homeless people at the Westside Emergency […]

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Bacon, Thomson retain state Supreme Court seats

By Spencer Butler / Daily Lobo Nov. 3, 2020 may become in retrospect one of the most consequential days in U.S. political history, as 131 million voters turned out to vote on not only the presidential election but the smaller statewide races that happened across the country. This includes New Mexico, where voters weighed in […]

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New Mexicans approve bonds for schools, seniors, and libraries

By Sean Arguello / NM News Port Voters in New Mexico overwhelmingly approved all three multi-million dollar bond measures on the state ballot Tuesday. Bond A for senior citizens’ facilities was approved with 68% in favor.   The bond measure authorizes the sale of $33 million in bonds for the senior citizen facilities, construction, and […]

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Herrell takes NM Congressional District 2 while Haaland and Leger Fernandez win U.S. House races

By William Jennings / NM News Port With all of New Mexico’s races now called, Democrats will take two out of three U.S. House seats up for grabs in New Mexico this election.  Early Wednesday morning, Republican challenger Yvette Herrell was called the winner in the CD2 race, winning with 54% of the vote. Her […]

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Luján defeats Ronchetti to secure Senate seat vacated by Udall

By Adam Evarts / NM News Port In a congressional competition that was closer than expected, Democratic candidate Ben Ray Luján won the 2020 New Mexico Senate race over Republican opponent Mark Ronchetti and Libertarian Bob Walsh. The race was called by the Associated Press at 10:25 p.m. in New Mexico. Luján garnered 51% of […]

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Albuquerque election on mostly even playing field

By Sayre Key-Towne / NM News Port Election watchdogs are keeping their eyes on the general election balloting in New Mexico to ensure no votes are overlooked or suppressed.  Heather Ferguson, executive director of Common Cause of New Mexico, gives Albuquerque and Bernalillo County good marks for keeping elections accessible.  “I do not believe [voter] […]

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