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Whatever happened to Daniel Chavez, mayoral candidate charged with touching staffer?
By Jesse Jones, City Desk in The Paper. — In September, City Desk reported that prosecutors charged Albuquerque mayoral candidate Daniel Chavez after a campaign staffer accused him of inappropriate touching, a misdemeanor battery charge. Prosecutors have now dismissed the case. The 2nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office dismissed the case on Feb. 20, 2026, in…
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Commissioner’s claims that Gov has secret plan to move NM United stadium to fairgrounds fizzles under fact-check
Gov’s office calls commissioner’s alerts “attention-seeking gossip and fear mongering”
State, local electeds will push new ordinance to make deportations harder in Albuquerque
“This isn’t just political — this is personal. They are targeting our families.”
NMGOP scrambles to qualify a write-in against Ben Ray Luján. Who is he and how does that work?
GOP write-in has spotty history in New Mexico elections, flirts with conspiracy theorist ideologies
Here’s everyone running for Congress in New Mexico this year
Dems. and Republicans pick nominees for fed races
State Republicans pick Hull, Turner to lead ’26 ticket
Rodriguez, Lanier vow to fight on to secure “backdoor” placement on the ballot
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