2024 Elections Coverage
Through this initiative, KUNM aims to put people, not preconceived ideas, at the center of its reporting process.
Latest KUNM Election Stories
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The race for New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District is not close, but both candidates make their cases forcefully.
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With AI tools more readily available than ever before, the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office has been working to head off election disinformation that may be hard to spot. It hasn't seen any so far this season.
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Voting in the 2024 general election has begun in New Mexico, where early in-person voting is underway and absentee ballots are being sent out to those who requested them. For the first time, thousands of voters will find a ballot in their mailbox even though they did not submit a new application for this election.
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In a time when partisan bias and political division can seem both ubiquitous and insurmountable, a nonprofit is encouraging rational and civil discussion among people with conflicting ideas. Now, the New Mexico branch of Braver Angels is hosting a free public debate on solutions to homelessness.
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Talking to people who disagree with you is an increasingly rare thing in these politically divided times. Braver Angels encourages that kind of dialog with the goal of finding common ground.
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New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver testified at a congressional committee hearing on election confidence Wednesday. Amid declining trust in elections and their results across the county in recent years, Toulouse Oliver touted the state’s efforts to turn the tide in the lead-up to November.
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All New Mexico House and Senate seats are up for election this year. However, most of the races are already decided.
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New Mexico DNC delegate Whitney Holland was part of a bloc that advocated for a ceasefire in Gaza from within the convention amid protests outside.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who previously served as the state’s health secretary before getting elected to Congress, spoke at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night on the topic of health care.
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New Mexico is sending 45 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next week. While the party's presidential nominee has already been selected, the state’s delegates still have work to do.
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New Mexico U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez and Sen. Martin Heinrich visited the state’s border with Mexico Monday to highlight policies to stem the flow of fentanyl into the country.
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Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris leads Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump by seven percentage points in New Mexico according to a recent poll. Meanwhile, support for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is surprisingly high here.