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A Collection of Recent Election Related Editorials and Opinion
Der Führer Trump’s Radical Second-Term Agenda: An Imperial Presidency Wielding Executive Power In Unprecedented Ways Reflecting American Fascism Der Führer Trump’s Radical Second- Term Agenda: An Imperial Presidency Wielding Executive Power In Unprecedented...
MISS INFORMATION – Republicans Are the Pro-Misogyny Party
By Judy Gordon, DPSC Secretary Re-printed from the Rio Rancho Observer with permission. At the presidential debate, Trump stated, “And as far as the abortion ban, no, I'm not in favor of [an] abortion ban.” This statement is deceptive. Antiabortion lawmakers and...
Did You Know – October 2024 – Election 2024
Did You Know Things are heating up for the fall 2024 elections! Voter registration data come from New Mexico Secretary or State, Voting and Elections, 2024 Voter Registration Data Webpage. Campaign contribution numbers come from New Mexico Secretary of State,...
Did You Know – September 2024 – Election 2024
Things are heating up for the fall 2024 elections! With new candidates at the top of the Democratic Party ticket, there is a new energy and excitement in the party. This September’s Did You Know reports on voter registrations and candidate fund raising. Voter...
Did You Know – August 2024 – NM Kids
New Mexico kids are still faring poorly across 4 measures of Well-Being according to the latest Annie E. Casey Foundation 2024 Kids Count Data Book released in June 2024. Read the complete article here.....
Did You Know – July 2024 – Primary Election
Turnout in the June 4th primary election in NM and Sandoval County was, as usual, very low. In fact, it was slightly lower than normal. In the county, it was just below the statewide average. Low Turnout Statewide 23%, 231,000 out of over 1 million registered...
Did You Know – May 2024
The area that forms Los Alamos County was separated from Sandoval County in 1949. Today, Sandoval County encompasses 3,714 square miles of diverse geography and has a population of approximately 156,000 people. The table below shows some of the differences...
Did You Know – April 2024 – Election Turnout
It’s awfully hard to unset incumbents in local elections, especially when very few people turn out to vote! In last month’s city council elections in Rio Ranch, 3 incumbents were up for reelection. One race (District 4) had 3 candidates and the incumbent won...
Preamble to the 2024 Democatic Party Platform
America is an idea—one that has endured and evolved through war and depression, prevailed over fascism and communism, and radiated hope to far distant corners of the earth. Americans believe that diversity is our greatest strength. That protest is among the highest...
Did You Know – March 2024
Sandoval County Children Demographics According to the 2023 New Mexico Kids Count Data Book, Sandoval County had over 41,000 kids under the age of 18 residing in the county, about 20% of who are under the age of 4. Only Bernalillo and Dona Ana Counties had more kids...
Did You Know – February 2024
Sandoval County has always been rich in culture and business enterprise. It was a thriving area for centuries well before Don Francisco de Coronado explored and camped near present-day Bernalillo in 1540. Prehistoric artifacts in many areas of the County date back...
Did You Know – Quick History of the Modern Democratic Party
For more than 200 years, our party has led the fight for civil rights, health care, Social Security, workers’ rights, and women’s rights. We are the party of Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, FDR, and the countless everyday Americans who work each day to build a more...
Did You Know – January 2024
*In 2022, there were 11, 376 veterans living in Sandoval County. That is about 8% of the county population. (The state population of vets is also about 8%). The county ranks 14th in percentage of vets in its population. About 10% of the businesses in the county are...
Did You Know – December 2023
3 of the top 10 employers in Sandoval County are governmental entities. 4,491 businesses in 2023 within the county. 72% of businesses have less than 5 employees. Less than 1% of businesses have 100 or more employees. Largest job counts by occupation. Office and Adm...
Did You Know – November 2023
There is an active volcano in Sandoval County. It is located in the Jemez Mountains. Valles Caldera, Jemez Volcanic Field Type: Ash-flow caldera, viscous domes, basaltic flowsSignificance: One of the largest young calderas on Earth; type area for resurgent ash-flow...
Did You Know – October 2023
Since New Mexico obtained statehood in 1912, Sandoval County has been remarkably accurate in predicting the winner of each presidential race. The only elections where Sandoval County failed to back the overall winner were in 1912 (Theodore Roosevelt won the state on...
Did You Know – September 2023
There are 4 villages in Sandoval County: Corrales, Cuba, Jemez Springs and San Ysidro. Village - A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. 1....
Did You Know – August 2023
Best State Rankings: New Mexico rankings on a number of important items compared to other states are nothing to write home about. The Best States rankings by U.S. News draw on thousands of data points to measure how well states are performing for their citizens. In...
Did You Know – July 2023
Sandoval County ranks 11th as the best county to live in New Mexico by Niche, which combines dozens of data sets with millions of reviews to produce comprehensive rankings, report cards, and profiles for every K-12 school, college, and neighborhood in the U.S. ...
Roundhouse Roundup – 2023 Legislative Session
The 2023 legislative session has ended with quite a number of bills having been passed and sent to the Governor. The Governor has until April 7 to sign or veto legislation and this article will be published before we know the outcome of every passed bill. A massive...
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Rally in Rio Rancho – September 9, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaXUipYII2M The New Mexico Governor, Michelle Lujan Grishamm visited Rio Rancho on Sept. 9, 2022,as she campaigns for re-election. More than 100 Democratic activists attended the Rally held at the Democratic Party of Sandoval...
DPSC Update Video – Helping Elect Democrats – September 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpdlWxFPL5w The Democratic Party of Sandoval County reports on its activities to help elect Democrats in Sandoval County and throughout New Mexico in the November 2022 election. The county chair and the county coordinated...
Republican Commissioners Vote for Gerrymandered Map
Democratic Party of Sandoval CountyContact: Alexandria Piland, Chair 505-350-6590 chair@sandovaldemocrats.org For Immediate Release Dec. 10, 2021 Rio Rancho --The Sandoval County Commission's Republicans showed their true colors at last...
No to Republican Gerrymandering
Last week’s editorial condemned the Democrats’ principled opposition to Rod Adair’s radically gerrymandered redistricting maps, declaring it to be a “fiction” based on “inaccurate narratives.” The Observer claims it is illogical to object to packing Native Americans...












