Lobbyist Spending & Campaign Finance Reporting in New Mexico

Business Leaders Want Reform

According to a recent poll conducted by Research and Polling, most New Mexico business leaders see issues with money and politics in connection with state government. Read and listen here from KUNM.

Campaign Finance Reporting

Correspondent Gwyneth Doland takes New Mexico in Focus back to the Roundhouse to examine proposals to increase accountability and oversight for campaign finance reporting. State senator Lee Cotter (R- Doña Ana), representative G. Andrés Romero (D — Bernalillo) and representative Jeff Steinborn (D — Doña Ana) speak about legislation they’ve sponsored to address the current campaign finance reporting system. See video below.

Lobbyist Spending nearing $176K

Lobbyists and their employers have spent nearly $176,000 on receptions, gifts and more for lawmakers and elected officials through the third week of the 2016 legislative session. Read the report from New Mexico in Depth here.

Super PACs and Vendors: Former Senator Dede Feldman

Watch Senator Feldman from our Money in Politics event:

People, Power and Democracy is a collaborative media project betweenKUNM,New Mexico in Depth, New Mexico News Port and New Mexico PBSthat explores the influence of money in New Mexico politics. Support for the project comes from the Thornburg Foundation.