COVID-19 surge in New Mexico prisons drives statewide cases
More than 100 new COVID-19 infections linked to New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at Otero County Prison contributed to a Tuesday statewide rise to 8,024 cases since March. The health department reported 182 hospitalizations and five deaths, with San Juan, Bernalillo, McKinley and Dona Ana among counties witnessing notable increases.
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Roswell man charged in standoff with weapons at home
Padilla faces five counts of resisting or obstructing an officer and multiple felonies including aggravated assault on a peace officer false imprisonment and battery after a tense Roswell standoff on South Kansas Avenue. SWAT used tear gas twice amid gunfire. 1999 Chevy pickup and a stash of weapons were found. pretrial detention motion set for Friday.
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Burt and Hensley vie for New Mexico Senate District 33
In a party primary race Burt 69 seeks a new four year term for Senate District 33 after redistricting from District 40. Hensley 39, a Permian Basin petroleum land man and father of four, campaigns with outside ideas for a new direction. Burt campaigns on efficient spending veterans care and Social Security tax repeal.
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Ronchetti wins New Mexico GOP Senate nod in open race
New Mexico Republicans nominated former weatherman Mark Ronchetti for U.S. Senate as the state held its primary amid a high turnout and a pandemic era push for absentee voting. Ronchetti faces six term Democrat Ben Ray Luján with Libertarian Bob Walsh also on the general election ballot. Incumbent Rep. Ben Ray Luján praised turnout while Democratic contenders for Congress, including a former CIA operative and Native American advocates, competed for the right to challenge GOP figures Plame and Haaland in the November race. Ballots were cast at rodeo fairgrounds amid sanitizer measures as voters weighed candidates in several districts with Native American representation prominent in several races.
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