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Governor-Elect Lujan Grisham Announces Sen. Jeff Bingaman As Transition Chair

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U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
 
STATE News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Gov.-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham held her first press conference as governor-elect Wednesday afternoon.
 
The gov-elect announced her transition chair, director and website. Former U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM, will serve as chair of her tranisition team.
 
New Mexicans interested in serving in state government should visit the transition website at https://www.govelectlujangrisham.com/
 
Watch the full video of the press conference here https://www.facebook.com/mlujangrisham/videos/191744045041257/
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New Mexico Statewide 2018 Midterm Absentee, In-Person And Election Day Voter Turnout Results

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STATE News:
 
The New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office has released the statewide Absentee, In-Person and Election Day voter turnout results for Tuesday’s 2018 Midterm Elections.
 
Key to Abbreviations:
 
  • DEM = Democratic Party of New Mexico
  • DTS = Decline to State (i.e. “Independents”)
  • LIB = Libertarian Party of New Mexico
  • REP = Republican Party of New Mexico
  • OTH = All other minor political parties
 
2018 Statewide Absentee, In-Person, and Election Day Voter Turnout
County
Party
Absentee
In Person
Election Day
Total Voted
Bernalillo
DEM
10625
81583
32919
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Luján Announces Run For Asst. Democratic Leader

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján

From the Office of U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján:

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) announced his bid for Assistant Democratic Leader in the 116th Congress. In a letter to his colleagues, Congressman Luján outlined his vision for the next Congress.

“To succeed, we must welcome ideas from all corners of our Caucus. To protect our majority and hold the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans accountable, we must bring our vision directly to the American people, listen to their concerns, and show them how we are working for them.”

Rep. Luján, Read More

Historical Society Dives Into LANL’s Infamous Kitty Litter Drum

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Vincent Lalenti

HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:

The next lecture in the Los Alamos Historical Society’s series will feature Vincent Lalenti who will present “Waste Makes Haste: An Anthropologist’s View of the 2014 LANL-WIPP Organic Kitty Litter Accident.”

Lalenti will begin his talk at 7 p.m., Nov. 13 in Fuller Lodge. This talk explores political, social, and financial factors that contributed to LANL’s transuranic waste drum #68660 bursting open and spewing out fire underground at the WIPP deep geologic repository on Valentine’s Day 2014.

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New Mexico Elects Stephanie Garcia Richard Of Los Alamos Its Commissioner Of Public Lands

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New Mexico has elected Stephanie Garcia Richard of Los Alamos to serve as New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands in a vote of 340,585 (50.76%) over opponent Patrick Lyons who garnered 291,663 votes (43.47%) in Tuesday’s 2018 General Election. On stage giving her acceptance speech Tuesday night at Hotel Albuquerque, Garcia Richard will go down in history as the state’s first woman Land Commissioner. Garcia Richard told the Los Alamos Daily Post this morning, ‘I am so gratified to have had the opportunity to represent this community and get my start in public service here. It was here that Read More

Film Office: ‘Greenbrier’ To Film In New Mexico

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NMFO News:
 
SANTA FE ― New Mexico Film Office Director Nick Maniatis announced Tuesday that the feature “Greenbrier,” produced by Sony Studios will begin principal photography mid-November through early February 2019 in Albuquerque.
 
“We are happy to welcome ‘Greenbrier’ and Sony Studios to New Mexico,” Maniatis said. “For years we’ve built up the film industry in New Mexico and strengthened our film incentives, now we’re seeing success after success for the film industry in our state.”
 
The production
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