Luke Gulbranson for Congress
Reality shows are an escape with characters who can be larger than life. But some stars use the experience of fame as a stepping stone toward another challenge: running for political office.
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Dodson, who is challenging incumbent Ben Ray Luján, discusses his platform as a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. -
Luján, current junior senator, is running for his party's nomination for U.S. Senate in hopes of being elected to serve a second term. -
The current secretary of state discusses the role of lieutenant governor and her plans for the office if she is elected as her party's nominee. -
The current state senator for district 23 talks about his campaign and the duties of lieutenant governor.
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Three people were admitted to the hospital Wednesday. One — an emergency medical services official — has since been released, according to Mountainair Mayor Peter Nieto. The substance in question has yet to be identified. -
Since 2000, more than 7 million acres of forests and wildlands have burned in New Mexico, underscoring the need for a new center designed to grow tree seedlings for reforestation. -
Pearce’s background as a Republican Party leader in New Mexico known for supporting public land leasing and industry made him a contentious pick. -
Three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders had to be quarantined and assessed Wednesday for possible exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a suspected drug overdose.
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The U.S. military said it carried out another strike on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Pacific Ocean, killing three in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205. -
Israel has captured the 12th-century Beaufort castle that overlooks southern Lebanon and northern Israel. The move suggests Israel is planning an extended military presence in Lebanon. -
A novel pill helped people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer, researchers reported Sunday, raising hopes of long-needed better treatments for one of the deadliest types of cancer. -
Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's largest permanent desert lake. Its waters have long sustained hundreds of thousands. Now the lake is facing multiple threats — and threatening those who rely on it.
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