New Mexico Political Report

New Mexico Political Report New Mexico's best and most comprehensive political reporting. Period. That means less reporting on the people and issues in politics affecting New Mexicans most.

Traditional news outlets are shrinking their newsroom staffs and, while government and social issues grow more complex, political and feature reporters are often the first to be let go. So we are doing something about it. We assembled some of New Mexico’s top political reporters to take an in-depth look at politics and how it impacts New Mexicans everyday. Launched in January 2015, NM Political R

eport is a brand-new online news platform focused on political news, in-depth analysis of critical issues, and the community voices of amazingly smart, talented people like you. The news side – an independent not-for-profit project of the ProgressNow NM Education Fund (the publisher enjoys no editorial control over content)– is run by seasoned journalists Matthew Reichbach, Joey Peters and Andy Lyman. NM Political Report is built to deliver real news as fast as it happens in the digital age. Our cutting edge platform allows us to share new stories in real time and engage readers however they chose to access it online. Facebook and Twitter integrations allow readers to comment in real-time, often right alongside decision makers and the reporters covering them. What’s your issue? What irks you? What elates you? What will you write?

06/03/2026

Our partners at The Paper. talked with Deb Haaland about her reactions to winning the Democratic primary, being underestimated in every race and whether she'll debate Gregg Hull before November....

It was a wild night at the ABQ City Council meeting... City Council ejects speakers in raucous debate, before approving ...
06/02/2026

It was a wild night at the ABQ City Council meeting... City Council ejects speakers in raucous debate, before approving new Albuquerque minimum wage

Burqueños workers making minimum wage have something to be excited about – if they have patience – after the Albuquerque City Council approved an icrease to the city’s minimum wage Monday night after a packed and at times raucous meeting that drew so many people that some were forced to watch from the lobby.

Read the full story linked in comments ⤵️ to see how much and what happened - and how to contact the mayor with your input before he takes action.

Here’s who is turning out to vote in New Mexico’s primary elections, incl. how many independents picked party ballotsWil...
06/02/2026

Here’s who is turning out to vote in New Mexico’s primary elections, incl. how many independents picked party ballots
Will allowing independent voters to vote in primaries change partisan politics?

Read the story and see how is turning out in the story linked below ⤵️

What happens when a sheriff ignores the law?New Mexico's attorney general is suing two New Mexico sheriffs for violating...
05/28/2026

What happens when a sheriff ignores the law?

New Mexico's attorney general is suing two New Mexico sheriffs for violating HB9 - the law prohibiting local governments from assisting ICE.

He says those sheriffs allow their deputies to participate in federal 287(g) programs where local cops make federal immigration arrests.

He wants courts to force the sheriffs to stop. The Supreme Court declined to intervene when Torrez last used HB9 to interfere in county contracts to keep ICE detention centers open. Will the courts see this issue differently now that the law is in effect?

See which sheriffs he sued and read the full story below (story linked in comments) ⤵️

A Democratic Socialist is giving Senator Ben Ray Luján a challenge in the Dem. primary for U.S. Senate -- and he isn't h...
05/28/2026

A Democratic Socialist is giving Senator Ben Ray Luján a challenge in the Dem. primary for U.S. Senate -- and he isn't holding back with his blunt assessment of what Luján gets wrong.
"Tuesday, June 2 is not just another election – it is the deadline for resistance, to get rid of one do-nothing ‘Democrat’ in particular. With early voting already underway, New Mexicans are now granted a rare tactical opening: the first semi-open election, giving Independents and Decline-to-State voters the legal right to vote in either major party’s primary...

"To back Luján is to endorse a vacuum of leadership that fuels local and global crime; to back me is to fight for a future where labor, taxation, climate, and healthcare are wrested from the predatory elite. Ben Ray Luján is doing nothing while the world burns—now is the moment to replace this passive instrument of the elite with a future senator who has the backbone to fight for what really needs to be done and who refuses to be silenced about all past and present atrocities." -- Matt Dodson
Read the full letter from Dodson at NM Politcial Report linked in comments ⤵️ See less

Days before the Primary Election, a judge tosses New Mexico's statewide Republican Party Chair Amy Barela out of office....
05/28/2026

Days before the Primary Election, a judge tosses New Mexico's statewide Republican Party Chair Amy Barela out of office...

A District Court judge in Valencia County has ordered the state’s top Republican out of her position just days before the state’s party primary elections.

District Court Judge Cindy Mercer sided with plaintiffs that Barela’s position as a candidate for reelection in the Republican Party primary for Otero County Commissioner against Jonathan Emery violated party rules against officers taking sides in interparty races. Interestingly, the suit was brought by Republican gubernatorial candidate Duke Rodriguez, lieutenant governor candidate Aubrey Blair Dunn and Emery. Each has advanced criticisms of Barela’s leadership which gained new attention after the party failed to qualify candidates for statewide races at the party’s statewide convention in February.

Read more about what the party will do now in the story linked in comments ⤵️

“I hate to be the bearer of potentially bad news, but we don’t think a Republican will be able to win in our current pol...
05/28/2026

“I hate to be the bearer of potentially bad news, but we don’t think a Republican will be able to win in our current political climate, especially in a Trump midterm”

In a surprising insider assessment of the state of the race, the top New Mexico oil and gas leader told national industry leaders Republicans can't win New Mexico's governor race this year.

Read what else she said, who she blamed and what Deb Haaland said in response in the story linked in comments ⤵️

Andrew Yang's Forward Party is officially a political party in New Mexico and they're already recruiting candidates to b...
05/19/2026

Andrew Yang's Forward Party is officially a political party in New Mexico and they're already recruiting candidates to be on November's ballot.

See who is running and why they want a "not Democrat, not Republican" option

Full story in the comments ⤵️

A bloc of City Councilors will push $15 min. wage, increased tipped wage to meet affordability crisis.Find out how much ...
05/19/2026

A bloc of City Councilors will push $15 min. wage, increased tipped wage to meet affordability crisis.

Find out how much and when the vote is scheduled in the story from Jesse Jones at City Desk in The Paper. Full story linked in the comments... ⤵️

Photos by Roberto Rosales

Heinrich, Senate Dem leaders secure decision making funding for Trump’s $1B ballroom “unlikely” An effort by New Mexico’...
05/18/2026

Heinrich, Senate Dem leaders secure decision making funding for Trump’s $1B ballroom “unlikely”

An effort by New Mexico’s Senior U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and a handful of other Senate Democrats have made it significantly harder for Republicans to include their proposed $1 billion appropriation for President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom in an upcoming budget reconciliation bil, according to a Sunday press release from Heinrich’s office.

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