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The Line: Controversial Political Appointment
November 20, 2015 – Idalia Lechuga-Tena was recently appointed to the seat for House District 21, which includes neighborhoods in southeast Albuquerque. But Lechuga-Tena, a Democrat, has publicly admitted that she voted before she became a U.S. citizen. She told the Albuquerque Journal that she didn’t know that she couldn’t vote when she was a legal permanent resident.…
Read MoreThe Line: Accountability In Campaign Spending
November 20, 2015 – Campaign finance remains a hot topic lately in New Mexico. This week, KOB-TV aired a five-part series on the state’s campaign finance system and raised questions about how campaign donations are tracked and reported by state lawmakers. The Santa Fe New Mexican also recently reported on numerous companies set up by Jay McCleskey, a…
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