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Willie Nelson retracts support for Gary Johnson

By | 05.19.11 | 5:27 pm | More from The New Mexico Independent

The Teapot Party has retracted its endorsement of of Gary Johnson for president in 2012. The political party, founded by country legend and marijuana legalization advocate Willie Nelson, explained the confusion surrounding the endorsement on the party’s blog.

After news of the endorsement exploded across the internet, Nelson told the Teapot More…

Country legend Willie Nelson backs Gary Johnson

By | 05.17.11 | 6:01 pm | More from The New Mexico Independent

Legendary country musician and well-known marijuana smoker Willie Nelson and his Teapot Party have endorsed Gary Johnson for president. The former New Mexico governor, who is running for the Republican nomination, is a high-profile advocate for legalizing and taxing marijuana.

“I am truly gratified to have the endorsement of such More…

Richardson allies push for national vote initiative

By | 04.28.11 | 11:11 pm | More from The New Mexico Independent

Some of Gov. Bill Richardson’s former campaign higher-ups were spotted in downtown Santa Fe by Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican — not planning another presidential run for the two-term New Mexico governor, but planning on how to push for an initiative to abolish the electoral college More…

New TV ads target Chip Cravaack on Medicare

By | 04.25.11 | 9:52 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

The ad wars in the 8th Congressional District continued this weekend with the announcement that Americans United for Change plans to spend “five figures” on a television ad campaign targeting four members of the House who voted for Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal. The ad buy targets Rep. Chip More…

Rep. Heinrich has $350,000 cash on hand for Senate run

By | 04.18.11 | 4:02 pm | More from The New Mexico Independent

Democratic Senate candidate and current U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich reported nearly $349,832 cash on hand at the end of the first quarter after raising $350,615 between the beginning of the year and March 31. Heinrich officially announced his Senate run on April 2, after the end of the filing More…

Gary Johnson ready to announce presidential run

By | 04.13.11 | 7:43 pm | More from The New Mexico Independent

Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson will announce his candidacy for president next week in New Hampshire. Johnson mentioned a “major announcement in New Hampshire” in a press release Tuesday.

Johnson will “discuss his plans for the 2012 election” at a news conference in the New Hampshire State Capital building More…

Heinrich to run for Senate

By | 04.04.11 | 9:19 am | More from The New Mexico Independent

U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich announced Saturday that he will run for U.S. Senate. Heinrich shared the news in a release and indicated he will meet with the press at the National Hispanic Cultural Center this afternoon following the annual Cesar Chavez march.

Heinrich is the first top-tier Democrat to announce More…

GOP debate pushed back because there are (almost) no candidates

By | 03.31.11 | 10:49 am

The first GOP presidential candidate debate of the 2012 election season has been postponed, according to msnbc.com.

Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Donald Trump, Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty

Poll: With no GOP frontrunner, Obama favored to win in 2012

By | 03.23.11 | 5:21 pm

Results from a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday show that so far, President Obama has the edge over his GOP counterparts in the next presidential election.

Nearly half, or 47 percent, of registered voters said they want Obama to be re-elected, while 37 percent said they wanted a More…

New Mexico’s Sen. Bingaman will retire

The Washington Post reported that Sen. Jeff Bingaman will announce his retirement today. Earlier this month, Public Policy Polling found the New Mexico Democrat to be a “near lock” for re-election, with an approval rating of 56 percent.

The Post’s Chris Cillizza cites an unnamed “source More…