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Richardson Stands Behind Former Aide in Federal Probe

This just in: Gilbert Gallegos, a spokesman for New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D), gave the following statement to TWI’s sister site, The New Mexico Independent, expressing the governor’s support for his former chief of staff, Dave Contarino.

More States Receive Suspicious Letters With White Powder

Add Iowa’s Democratic Gov. Chet Culver to the growing (and bipartisan) list of governors who have received letters containing a mysterious powder this week, according to our sister site, The Iowa Independent.
On Monday, the governors of Alabama, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana and Rhode Island received these letters. All laboratory tests of the powder, which some [...]

New Mexico GOP Admits Hiring Private Eyes to Investigate Voter Registrations

A top New Mexico Republican admitted in federal court yesterday that he hired two private investigators to investigate suspect voter registrations.
Pat Rogers, a lawyer for the state GOP, said he hired the men on behalf of the New Mexico Victory 08, part of the Republican Party of New Mexico. The Mexican- American Legal Defense and Education Fund [...]

Early Vote Favors Dems in 2 Swing States

One out of every five voters in New Mexico, most of them Democrats, have already cast ballots for the Nov. 4 election, reports New Mexico Independent.
In Iowa, more than 10 percent of the electorate has voted, with 88,000 more Democrats than Republicans casting early ballots.

Bill Richardson at Debate: This Race is Not Over

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson issued a wake-up call to cocky Democrats on the night of the final presidential debate.  “The race is not over,” he said, warning Obama supporters not to “get overconfident.”
Richardson, who said he has now campaigned in 15 states for Obama, sounded plenty confident when handicapping the debate. [...]