NM Political Journal

Intelligent political discourse for the thoughtful New Mexican. Political news and analysis. Fact-based, historically- referenced. Elections. Demography.

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#ReparationsNow ? @RepSheryl Williams Stapleton decided that neither #Obama, nor #Trump, nor #Biden would ever get around to #Reparations. So she decided to get her reparations up front! #nmpol #nmleg

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#ReparationsNow ? @RepSheryl Williams Stapleton decided that neither #Obama, nor #Trump, nor #Biden would ever get around to #Reparations. So she decided to get her reparations up front! #nmpol #nmleg

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#CD1 Election Analysis: @MelanieforNM wins #SpecialElection--Result not Surprising, but the Margin May Be...Read our analysis here: https://t.co/tO1ccKWluL Is the @NewMexicoGOP merely waiting to spend its money only for @Pearce4NM ? Some Republicans think so. #nmpol #nmleg

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Biggest Lie of the Month goes to @MarthaBurk (It's also the dumbest.) Burk, on @NMinFocus, claims she "did the math," and if the #MinimumWage had kept up with inflation "it would be $44 an hour." (Or $91,520 a year!) Bless her heart. #nmpol #nmleg https://t.co/51Dd8Gw5sX #whopper

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#ElectionIntegrity is a fundamental requirement in any representative democracy. How does a nation ensure that it exists? We outline the answers to that question.
#nmpol #nmleg #elections #Election2022 #Elecciones2021CL #Election2020 #ElectionResults2021 https://t.co/HDBIl9FuFv

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How #Republicans should think about the @Liz_Cheney - @EliseStefanik Dustup: What it means for the future of the #GOP? GOP must ensure that those from either extreme do not play significant roles: NO to #NeverTrumpers & NO to #conspiracy Queens. https://t.co/ONVItBUThf #Cheney

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How #Republicans should think about the @Liz_Cheney - @EliseStefanik Dustup: What it means for the future of the #GOP? GOP must ensure that those from either extreme do not play significant roles: NO to #NeverTrumpers & NO to #conspiracy Queens. https://t.co/ONVItBUThf #Cheney

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Bombshell! @NMDEMS CD1 #SpecialElection nominee #MelanieStansbury (@MelanieforNM) linked to #JeffreyEpstein associate #GhislaineMaxwell—in jail right now on #ChildSexAbuse charges. @TheDemocrats’ #CD1 nominee worked for Maxwell. Read about it here: https://t.co/Hng2SzoswE #nmpol

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Bombshell! @NMDEMS CD1 #SpecialElection nominee #MelanieStansbury (@MelanieforNM) linked to #JeffreyEpstein associate #GhislaineMaxwell—in jail right now on #ChildSexAbuse charges. @TheDemocrats’ #CD1 nominee worked for Maxwell. Read about it here: https://t.co/Hng2SzoswE #nmpol

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We — @NMPolJournal — Broke the "Grisham-Gate Sexual Assault" Case 16 months ago. Only to have the #MSM, as well as local bloggers @PinonPost, Eddy Aragon, @newsguy44, and even the @NewMexicoGOP deny the story. Now who has egg on their faces? https://t.co/jFvpQtLQVa #nmpol #nmleg

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We — @NMPolJournal — Broke the "Grisham-Gate Sexual Assault" Case 16 months ago. Only to have the #MSM, as well as local bloggers @PinonPost, Eddy Aragon, @newsguy44, and even the @NewMexicoGOP deny the story. Now who has egg on their faces? https://t.co/jFvpQtLQVa #nmpol #nmleg

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NMPJ Editor Emeritus Rod Adair to speak in Carlsbad. Former State Sen. Rod Adair (@RodAdairNM), a demographer and redistricting consultant, will be the guest speaker at the Carlsbad Republican Women's Meeting on April 15. https://t.co/jH5jZYHKyC @NewMexicoGOP @CarlsbadRWF #nmpol

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Quick Correction: Melanie Stansbury 103
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez 97
(We regret the 2-vote error previously reported.)

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Quick Correction: Melanie Stansbury 103
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez 97
(We regret the 2-vote error previously reported.)

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State Rep Melanie Stansbury @MelanieforNM has won the Democratic Party nomination for the Special Election to fill the vacancy in Congressional District 1. She defeated State Sen Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, 101 to 97 this evening, in a Central Committee vote. #nmleg #nmpol @NMDEMS

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Correction. The vote was Stansbury 103 Lopez 97

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State Rep Melanie Stansbury @MelanieforNM has won the Democratic Party nomination for the Special Election to fill the vacancy in Congressional District 1. She defeated State Sen Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, 101 to 97 this evening, in a Central Committee vote. #nmleg #nmpol @NMDEMS

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State Rep Melanie Stansbury @MelanieforNM has won the Democratic Party nomination for the Special Election to fill the vacancy in Congressional District 1. She defeated State Sen Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, 101 to 97 this evening, in a Central Committee vote. #nmleg #nmpol @NMDEMS

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NM Democrats' (@NMDEMS) Mad Scramble for the Deciding Votes in #CD1. Who prevails between Antoinette Sedillo Lopez @ASL4Justice4all & Melanie Stansbury @MelanieforNM? Our Exclusive Identity Politics Count. Does Roybal-Caballero Hold the Key? https://t.co/Qe5J5mGQfB #nmleg #nmpol

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NM Democrats' (@NMDEMS) Mad Scramble for the Deciding Votes in #CD1. Who prevails between Antoinette Sedillo Lopez @ASL4Justice4all & Melanie Stansbury @MelanieforNM? Our Exclusive Identity Politics Count. Does Roybal-Caballero Hold the Key? https://t.co/Qe5J5mGQfB #nmleg #nmpol

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Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Melanie Stansbury advance to the second round of voting tomorrow @NMDEMS