Key New Mexico county absentee votes stalls US House race
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Absentee votes in a key New Mexico county are stalling a closely watched U.S. House race in southern New Mexico.
Dona Ana County Clerk Amanda Lopez Askin told The Associated Press on Wednesday that officials are working to count around 8,000 absentee ballots and an untold number of other ballots dropped off or delivered by mail on Tuesday.
Republican Yvette Herrell and Democrat Xochitl Torres Small are in a tight race for U.S. House seat in southern New Mexico that is still too close to call.
Askin says she did not know if the county would be able to submit final vote numbers by Wednesday or Thursday.
Askin says she has deputized five Democrats and five Republicans to help with the count.
Republican state lawmaker Barb Kirkmeyer set to launch campaign for Colorado governor
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning+co@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 47 minutes ago
Republican state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer filed paperwork Monday to run to be Colorado’s next governor, making the Brighton lawmaker’s long-anticipated campaign official. Kirkmeyer, who lost a close race for Congress in 2022, plans to make a formal announcement Tuesday evening...
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Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 30 minutes ago
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday blocked a defendant accused of a cold case murder from introducing testimony about how his autism spectrum disorder may have contributed to behavior police perceived as deceptive. The court’s unsigned Sept. 8 order stated,...
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Jimmy Sengenberger
jimmy-sengenberger@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
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Eric Sonderemann
eric-sonderemann@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
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Colorado justices side with medical malpractice victim in calculating damages owed
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday rejected a doctor’s argument that would have limited the amount of money a patient severely injured at birth would receive for his successful medical malpractice lawsuit two decades later. Under state law, damages in...
Divided Colorado Supreme Court says defendants liable for possessing others’ debit cards even if unusable
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 21 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court, by 5-2, rejected the idea on Monday that prosecutors need to prove a debit card is functional in order to convict a defendant of unlawfully possessing someone else’s “financial device.” The majority believed Colorado law was...
Colorado justices, 5-2, say police money used for drug deals not subject to crime victim restitution
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 21 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court, by 5-2, ruled on Monday that the state’s crime victim restitution law does not obligate defendants to repay law enforcement agencies for unrecovered money they use to buy drugs undercover. The government maintained the restitution law...
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens
Lindsay Whitehurst
lindsay.whitehurst@associatedpress.com
Updated 24 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations for now in Los Angeles, the latest victory for President Donald Trump’s administration at the high court. The conservative majority lifted...
Colorado Supreme Court walks back decision allowing localities to broadly permit violations of noise limits
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court concluded on Monday that the state’s noise pollution law does not allow local governments to categorically permit any entity to host events on private property that exceed the statewide decibel limits. The question had divided the...
Uncollared Wolf Believed Responsible for Livestock Deaths Shot by CPW
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
The summer Elk Fire that burned more than 14,000 acres, mainly in Rio Blanco County, was more than just a problem for firefighters and area residents. It also hindered efforts by staff from Colorado Parks and Wildlife to kill an...
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