Election 2016
NMID’s Sandra Fish wins award
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Congratulations to our own Sandra Fish. She’s won a Best in Government Award from Common Cause New Mexico and will be honored in early December with several other recipients.
Transparency
Legal loophole allows last-minute money in Bernco race to remain hidden
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An omission in state law appears to allow wealthy individuals and big corporations to keep secret large amounts of last-minute money they dump into county commission races until an election is over.
2016 election
Santolina developers spent another $36K opposing Pedroza in BernCo race
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The developer of the controversial Santolina development in western Bernalillo County poured nearly $36,500 in June into a political action committee funded primarily by Arizonans. The PAC, now shut down, was created in part to keep vocal opponent Adrian Pedroza from winning the District 2 Bernalillo County Commission primary race.
Transparency
Join us next month for Transparency Summer Camps
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Want to empower yourself with mad analytical skills to become a better citizen and government watchdog? Are you a reporter and looking for helpful tools to interrogate New Mexico’s unwieldy campaign finance system? Join us for two seminars July 21 in Las Cruces and July 23 in Albuquerque featuring NMID’s Sandra Fish and Foundation for Open Government (FOG) Executive Director Susan Boe.
Politics
Trump fundraising woes in NM mirror national scene
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GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump raised only about $11,000 from New Mexicans in May.
Politics
More than 5,000 TV ads aimed at Tuesday’s primary
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Here’s a look at the $273,740 spent or scheduled on more than 5,000 TV ads aimed at primary elections. New Mexico In Depth analyzed reports filed with the Federal Communications Commission and contracts obtained from Comcast Spotlight, which sells cable and satellite advertising in New Mexico.
Politics
Small donations fuel bulk of NM giving to prez candidates
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Bernie Sanders leads not only in the amount raised but in the number of campaign donations from New Mexicans, with some individuals giving more than 100 times.
Politics
New Mexico campaign finance site ranks high for usability
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A think tank tested how well users could find campaign finance information, and New Mexico ranked third overall.
Politics
Campaign literature points to loopholes in disclosure laws
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A candidate’s decision to send two mailers without disclosure information highlights a loophole in New Mexico’s campaign finance laws.
Politics
PAC ads take aim at PRC candidate Montoya
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Conservation Voters New Mexico is airing digital, cable and radio ads opposing PRC Commissioner Karen Montoya. Montoya faces Cynthia Hall in the District 1 PRC race, which is based in Albuquerque, in the June 7 primary.