Last night’s municipal elections in Las Cruces saw progressives claim victory in every race they participated in, which also saw a roughly 2% increase in voter participation from that last time those districts held elections (so much for an anti-Trump backlash). Turnout barely broke into the double digits unlike Albuquerque’s historic 29% turnout last month.…
Category: Political Strategy
Crib Sheet: October 10th, 2017
“There’s hope. I think there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, but it’s maybe not as bright as we’d like it to be.” – State Representative Larry Larrañaga, on the state’s budget woes. The Albuquerque Journal took a look at the state’s volatile operating budget over the last nine years. The Crib Sheet…
The Domenici Legacy
It was the summer of 2007. I had arrived in Washington, D.C. a few days before the start of a summer internship with Senator Domenici and I had finished moving into a dorm at American University – my residence for the next few months. On my first day of the internship I made my commute…
2018 GOP Preview
The announcement by Congressman Pearce of his decision to join the race for Governor was of little surprise to GOP insiders. His listening tour of the state in the late spring/early summer this year reinforced what the Congressman wanted to hear: “Run, Steve, run! All Republicans will get behind you!” Which is undoubtedly true –…