Milan Simonich

After losing a primary, Rep. Marian Matthews is supporting a Republican who's accused of violating the election law on residency.

GOP candidate Nicole Chavez falsely claimed to hold a college degree. Fellow Republican Rebecca Dow is running ads built on deception.

New Mexico voters since 1961 have rejected proposals to pay lawmakers. The losing streak needs to extend to this crop of legislators.

In a show of true gall, lawmakers raised their own pensions 77% while thousands of public retirees receive almost nothing.

Gary Johnson made Libertarians relevant in New Mexico for a couple of election cycles. The momentum evaporated when he stopped campaigning.

New Mexico makes campaigning difficult, even impossible, for minor-party candidates or politicians with no affiliation at all.

The president is zero for three in New Mexico elections, and he's less popular now than he was in his last defeat two years ago.

The decommissioned highway covering more than 2,400 miles across eight states is connected to stories worth remembering.

With its fragmented bureaucracy, the Santa Fe City Council wastes time instead of working more often as a team.

Ridiculous amounts of petition signatures are required for minor-party candidates to make the ballot in New Mexico.