Politics

Poll: Herrell leads Vasquez, governor’s race a statistical tie

12 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By

A new poll conducted by Emerson College for KRQE 13 shows Republican incumbent Rep. Yvette Herrell of New Mexico’s Second Congressional District is leading her Democrat challenger by double digits. 

Among likely voters. Herrell got 54 percent support, while Vasquez got 41 percent. Four percent of respondents were undecided. 

When the poll factored in undecided voters, Herrell led Vasquez by 54 to 44 percent — a ten percentage point advantage.

These numbers are starkly different than the Albuquerque Journal poll released earlier this week, claiming Herrell was trailing Vasquez by two percentage points.

The poll surveyed 203 likely voters between October 25 and October 28 with a margin of error of 5.6 percent. 

The same Emmerson poll also found Republican Mark Ronchetti trailing Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham by a mere three percentage points. 

However, when factoring in undecided voters and who they were leaning toward voting for at the time, Lujan Grisham got 50 percent support while Ronchetti garnered 48 percent — only a two-point lead.

The governor poll surveyed 1,000 likely voters during the same timeline. The margin of error was a smaller 3.02 percent, meaning the race is in a statistical tie. 

Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight rates Emerson College’s poll an A-, meaning it is one of the best in the nation.

Poll: Herrell leads Vasquez, governor’s race a statistical tie Read More »

President Trump endorses Ronchetti, calls Lujan Grisham ‘terrible’

37 Comments / New Mexico, Politics / By

In an early morning Truth Social post Monday, President Donald J. Trump threw his support around New Mexico Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Ronchetti, who is running against far-left Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.

The 45th President said, “New Mexico has an absolutely terrible Governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham. She is WEAK on Crime, bad on the Border where illegal aliens are pouring into our Country at record numbers, & has almost no support from Law Enforcement, which fully understands what a disaster she has been. Also, Drugs & Human Trafficking are OUT OF CONTROL.” 

He then praised Ronchetti as an “outstanding” candidate.

Trump wrote, “The good news is that Republican Nominee Mark Ronchetti is outstanding. He will be tough & smart on Crime, the Border & everything else. Mark [has] my Total Endorsement!”

Ronchetti is polling within single digits of Lujan Grisham. He has consistently outraised the embattled Democrat, who has been plagued by her scandal-ridden tenure as governor.

Early voting is through November 5 and Election Day is on November 8.

A previous version of this article incorrectly said Trump made the announcement in a “tweet.” He actually announced it in a Truth Social post.

President Trump endorses Ronchetti, calls Lujan Grisham ‘terrible’ Read More »

In latest gaffe, Biden says he’s visiting ‘Mexico’ to campaign for Lujan Grisham

6 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By

On Sunday, while speaking with reporters, Joe Biden said he’s going o be busy campaigning in many states for Democrat candidates. 

He told reporters while speaking from Wilmington, Delaware, “I’m gonna be engaged. I’m gonna be back in Pennsylvania, gonna be in Maryland, gonna be, I believe, in Mexico, California. So I’m gonna be all around the country.”

Watch: 

It appears Biden meant New Mexico, where he will stump on Thursday for far-left Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who has a tight single-digit lead over Republican Mark Ronchetti. 

Last week, Kamala Harris visited New Mexico to stump for Lujan Grisham and promote abortion up-to-birth, while Biden previously visited New Mexico over the summer to talk about wildfires started by the federal government in the state.

Biden has made many similar gaffes in the past, including calling the Chinese coronavirus the “Lujan Virus,” when attempting to say “Wuhan,” the province where the pandemic originated. 

Biden has a 39% approval rating in New Mexico, according to the latest Civiqs poll conducted on October 29, 2022.

As polls tighten, New Mexicans have until Saturday, November 5, to cast their early votes ahead of November 8 — Election Day. Polling locations and sample ballots can all be found by visiting NMVote.org.

MLG skipping Biden swearing-in after being snubbed for HHS cabinet post

In latest gaffe, Biden says he’s visiting ‘Mexico’ to campaign for Lujan Grisham Read More »

New info reveals Dem state treasurer candidate’s alleged abusive behavior

7 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By

As things heat up in the final stretch of election season, one race that hasn’t gotten much attention is the New Mexico state treasurer’s race. That is, until now. 

Recently, allegations have resurfaced from the past of Laura Montoya, the Democrat candidate for New Mexico state treasurer. Montoya was called out in the Democratic primary for her prior arrest for domestic violence in front of a child. 

The primary attacks came from the current Democrat State Treasurer, Tim Eichenberg, who, it is said by some, is supporting the Republican nominee for State Treasurer, Harry Montoya (no relation to Laura Montoya). 

Now Harry Montoya is giving voice to a previous employee of Laura Montoya at the Sandoval County Treasurer’s Office. 

Judi Walker worked at the Sandoval County Treasurer’s Office for three years and reports in her story of the abuse she suffered at the hands of Laura Montoya that she was also ordered to do campaign work on county time–an order that she refused numerous times.

She also states that every employee in the office went to HR and asked for help or for someone to do something about Laura Montoya’s behavior. She also states that she was not the only one who also complained to the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). Unfortunately, since Laura Montoya was an elected official, there wasn’t anything anyone could do. People in other county offices were said to have loathed Laura’s behavior as well since it would spill over into other offices and divisions of county government. 

Walker also says that more than 12 people were fired or resigned during the time she worked for Laura Montoya–the turnover in the office was unheard-of. 

Sandoval County Commissioner and former candidate for governor Jay Block weighed in on the controversy this week by backing up Judi Walker’s account of what happened, saying that he has talked to multiple people who experienced the same abuse first-hand. He also talked about an email that had been sent by another former employee of Laura Montoya’s, which has been shared and circulated online as the result of a public information request.

In the shocking email, Young details the abuse and ugly language that Laura Montoya directed at her employees. 

“You know, if it was just Judi’s word against Laura’s, you could just kind of throw that out,” Block said. “I get that. But then you throw Richard’s word into that. And then you look at Laura’s legal issues. People are petrified that this woman could be elected state treasurer. You talk about somebody who’s narcissistic, … abusive, and [has] a toxic work environment…I won’t name who told me this, but they literally performed an exorcism in the office after she left.”

Block also hinted in his video that Richard Young, who is black, was also the target of racist abuse hurled at him by Laura Montoya.

Watch all of the testimonies from Walker:

Laura Montoya has also been seen photographed with members of the Los Padillas Gang, including Jerry Padilla, among other questionable figures. Read more about some of the Gang members’ federal guilty pleas here.

New info reveals Dem state treasurer candidate’s alleged abusive behavior Read More »

Group files Hatch Act complaint against Biden’s Interior Sec. Deb Haaland

Leave a Comment / New Mexico, News, Politics / By

On Friday, the Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI) filed a Hatch Act complaint against Joe Biden’s Department of Interior Secretary after she was spotted campaigning in New Mexico and endorsing Democrat candidates — a violation of the rules of the Act. 

The group explained the Hatch Act and its meaning, writing, “The Hatch Act of 1939, An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, includes provisions that prohibit civil service employees in the federal government’s executive branch from engaging in certain forms of political activity. The law was named for Senator Carl Hatch of New Mexico, highlighting an essential connection to Secretary Deb Haaland.” 

The complaint alleges that Secretary Halaand endorsed Democrat Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez of New Mexico’s Third Congressional District. Leger Fernandez is running in a partisan race against Republican nominee Alexis Martinez Johnson in the November 8 election.

“Any perceived favorable treatment of a partisan candidate by a sitting department head is subject to scrutiny,” said SSPI’s president Patrick Brenner. “But we believe that this is a blatant disregard for the provisions set forth by the Hatch Act. We look forward to speedy action taken by the Office of Special Counsel, which confirmed receipt of our complaint.”

The group wrote, “The allegations refer to an endorsement of Leger Fernandez by Haaland on the candidate’s Twitter page, referencing an organizing event listing both individuals as attending.” 

“The Hatch Act specifically prohibits most federal employees from using their official authority or influence to interfere with or affect the result of an election. Also, while at work, those same employees are prohibited from using any email account or social media to distribute, send, or forward content that advocates for or against a partisan political party, candidate for partisan political office, or partisan political group.” 

Haaland was seen at events on Friday, a workday, campaigning with Democrats at partisan events supporting Democrats such as Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Rep. Melanie Stansbury, among other far-left partisans. 

The complaint was filed on Friday, October 28, 2022.

The complaint comes as Joe Biden’s chief of staff, Ron Klain, was recently found guilty of a Hatch Act violation for promoting partisan candidates while on the job. Klain previously claimed to take the Hatch Act seriously. That was proven to be a lie.

Group files Hatch Act complaint against Biden’s Interior Sec. Deb Haaland Read More »

MLG’s alleged sexual assault victim breaks silence, implicates other Dems

19 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By

On Friday, the Santa Fe New Mexican’s Daniel Chacón dropped an interview with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s alleged sexual assault victim, James Hallinan, where he finally broke his silence on the incident after threats to his life. This comes as Hallinan signed a non-disclosure agreement and was paid, through his lawyers, $150,000 in hush money.

Hallinan told the New Mexican, “I’m tired of the continued death threats on social media and everybody trying to muscle me. I’m real tired of it. They’ve pushed me too far.”


He disclosed that directly after the incident, where Lujan Grisham poured a bottle of water over his jeans and then groped his penis through his pants, he immediately contacted Democrats Lt. Gov. Howie Morales, Attorney General Hector Balderas, and State Auditor Brian Colón for help. The New Mexican’s requests for comment were denied by all but Balderas, who said he would leave the matters up to the two parties’ attorneys. 

Hallinan told the paper, “It’s a weird thing to talk about, you know, that a male is going to be abused by a female, right? But it’s a female in power,” adding, “Why is it OK for a female to treat a male like she did and it’s not OK for females getting molested by men? … That really frustrates me. It’s my [expletive] life. Why is it OK for Michelle to do the bad things that she did but [Democrat ex-New York Gov.] Andrew Cuomo and everybody else has to go away?”

“Think about this,” he said. “If I was a female and the governor was a male, oh my God, it’d be like the biggest scandal in the the world. She’d be done.” 

He said he wouldn’t put it past Lujan Grisham to try and “claw back the money,” but he said he doesn’t care about that because it never was about money.

“They’ve ruined my life so much and my family’s life so much, I don’t [expletive] care anymore,” he said.

The New Mexican detailed more of what happened at the meeting where the alleged crotch grab took place. After Hallinan criticized two of Lujan Grisham’s ads, one about crime where he said she came off as elitist for wearing fancy designer shoes, and one with her hair bleached blonde, which she did not look Hispanic enough, in his opinion.

“That’s when she grabbed the water bottle, which was probably about 75 percent full, and dumped it on my crotch … and then she does the slap and grab,” he said.

He said, “She is getting the free pass, and it’s ridiculous,” he said. “Just because I’m a manly homosexual does not mean I don’t matter for being molested.”

Michelle Lujan Grisham’s campaign and official office have been contacted for comment, but they have not yet responded. If they do, their statements will be added to this report. 

MLG’s alleged sexual assault victim breaks silence, implicates other Dems Read More »

Far-left legislator tries to lie about abortion, gets smacked with facts

4 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By

On Thursday, far-left state Rep. Matthew McQueen (D-Santa Fe) shared a screenshot of a tweet from Piñon Post editor and state representative candidate John Block, claiming his assertions about abortion were untrue.

Block wrote regarding Democrat Gov. Lujan Grisham’s discussion with Kamala Harris during her trip to New Mexico, “That one in the middle is FULL-TERM abortionist Eve Espey, who oversees infanticide at UNM Hospital. She trains future abortionists on how to kill babies up to and AFTER birth,” referring to the woman in the middle of the picture. 

The Republican Party of New Mexico retweeted the post, which spurred McQueen to angrily tweet, “This is obviously a lie, and it’s as dangerous as it is disgusting. The fact that the New Mexico Republican Party would promote this trash is a testament to how low they’ve sunk.”

However, he was quickly fact-checked by Block, who brought receipts with him, including evidence from the official U.S. House of Representatives report showing that babies were, indeed, born alive and left to die at UNM Hospital. 

The report notes how Espey was asked in a deposition, “I’m trying to understand if any of the doctors that were on the fellows program that . . . went to Southwestern Women’s Options, or any of the doctors from the University of New Mexico that were on a fill-in rotation at Planned Parenthood, or any of the doctors at the University of New Mexico reproductive health center, or any of the doctors at the University Hospital ever told you, reported to you, or discussed with you, that an abortion failed and a live birth resulted?”

She responded by acknowledging that babies were born alive and left to die at UNM Hospital, saying, “There are situations in the hospital where a planned abortion, an induction of labor for a fetus, for example, with severe anomalies is born alive.” 

When pressed on what procedures existed to deal with children being born alive and left to die at the hospital, Espey answered “No” to such policies existing, adding, “OB/GYN doctors do not resuscitate neonates.”

Congress referred the evidence to the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, which has not acted upon it for prosecution. 

Lujan Grisham is proudly endorsed by Espey, a notorious late-term abortionist who specializes in training future abortionists to kill babies up to and after birth.

Far-left legislator tries to lie about abortion, gets smacked with facts Read More »

Pres. Trump shares Torrance Co. 2022 Primary audit findings: ‘Out of control’

18 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By

Recently, Torrance County performed an audit of its 2022 Primary Election result, which was reported by The Gateway Pundit to have shown differences between hand-counted ballots and those run through machines.

The audit, which was done by the New Mexico Audit Force led by David Clements, was reported by CD Media to have shown “a stunning 25% difference between machine and hand count results.” 

On Clements’ Telegram page, he wrote, “All 24 of the Dominion tabulator SD cards from the 2022 Primary have been entered into evidence with the Sheriff’s office.” 

In another post, he noted regarding the audit, “Torrance County 83 voters were no longer on the rolls one month after the primary. They may never have been there in the first place. Only 1,600 votes in this county – i.e. they’re missing 5% of their voters. 44 addresses could not be found by the County’s assessor’s office. Oops.”

He noted how it appeared Democrat primary votes were “pretty close,” but issues ran into those of Republican candidates.

“Democrat votes were pretty close. Republican votes were way off. All of the ballots were processed on the same tabulators. These party-specific errors happened on all the tabulators across the county regardless of whether the voter voted absentee, early or on election day. I’d call that machine manipulation, wouldn’t you?”

The story appeared to strike a nerve, with even President Donald J. Trump posting about it via his Truth Social account. He wrote, “New Mexico was out of control in 2020!”

As Election Day rolls around, Republicans are expected to make sweeping gains across the country and in New Mexico, with the governorship and many other races looking good for the GOP. Election Day is November 8th, and early voting has already begun, ending on November 5th.

Pres. Trump shares Torrance Co. 2022 Primary audit findings: ‘Out of control’ Read More »

Ronchetti team trolls Kamala Harris amid NM campaign stop for MLG

12 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By

As Kamala Harris visits Albuquerque Tuesday to support far-left pro-abortion Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s re-election efforts, Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti’s campaign is bringing up her past tweets that say sexual abuse accusers must be heard.

Lujan Grisham paid a former staffer, James Hallinan, $150,000 in hush money and forced him to sign a non-disclosure agreement after he claimed she mocked his manhood after she poured water over and groped his crotch.

Harris, in previous tweets, claimed she supports “all survivors of sexual assault or abuse. We won’t let them be silenced or ignored. #BelieveSurvivors.” Yet she is campaigning for Lujan Grisham, who not only was accused but paid off money to alleged abuse victims. 

Ronchetti’s campaign had a mobile billboard with Harris’ tweets drive around the event venue at Keller Hall on the University of New Mexico campus. The billboard also asked, “Kamala, #ItsOnUs to stop sexual assault, so why have you not called out MLG for committing sexual assault?”

The Ronchetti campaign wrote on Twitter, “Right now, @Michelle4NM is campaigning with VP Kamala Harris in Albuquerque. In the past, the VP has taken a strong stance against sexual assault. So, we sent a mobile billboard to their event to ask her if she still supports sexual assault victims.”

See what it looks like: 

Ronchetti is currently polling ahead of Lujan Grisham, whose scandals are taking a toll on her re-election prospects. Instead of debating issues, she has pivoted almost exclusively to talking about abortion.

The in attendance for the event included far-left U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (CD-3), state Sen. Leo Jaramillo (Rio Arriba), and lame-duck state Rep. Roger Montoya, also from Rio Arriba County — all Democrats.

Some views from inside the event, per the Santa Fe New Mexican’s Daniel Chacón:

New poll shows Ronchetti leading Lujan Grisham

Ronchetti team trolls Kamala Harris amid NM campaign stop for MLG Read More »

New poll shows Ronchetti leading Lujan Grisham

29 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By

On Monday, the renowned Trafalgar Group released its latest poll in New Mexico, showing Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Ronchetti leading Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham by 1.1 percent, with a margin of error of 2.9 percent. 

Ronchetti led Lujan Grisham 46.6 percent to her 45.5 percent, while Libertarian Karen Bedonie garnered 3.9 percent, and four percent remained undecided. 

The poll, which oversampled Democrats (47.6 percent) versus Republicans (36.3 percent) and oversampled women (52 percent) versus men (48 percent), is a clear indicator that Ronchetti has made up the small gap shown in other previous polls, showing him trailing by only single digits.


The survey was conducted between October 19 and October 21 with 1077 respondents, a very generous sample size. 

Lujan Grisham has been taking a great amount of heat in recent weeks over her numerous scandals while in office, most notably the violent criminals she released from prison early and her $150,000 payoff to a former staffer over claims she groped his crotch.

Expanded early voting has already begun in New Mexico, with 83,433 ballots cast so far, as of Monday morning, according to the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office.

FiveThirtyEight rates the Trafalgar Group as an A- pollster, making it one of the most accurate around.

New poll shows Ronchetti leading Lujan Grisham Read More »

1 … 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 … 208

Stay Updated

Scroll to Top