Daniel Montaño
Public Health ReporterDaniel Montaño is a reporter with KUNM's Public Health, Poverty and Equity project. He is also an occasional host of Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Let's Talk New Mexico since 2021, is a born and bred Burqueño who first started with KUNM about two decades ago, as a production assistant while he was in high school. During the intervening years, he studied journalism at UNM, lived abroad, fell in and out of love, conquered here and there, failed here and there, and developed a taste for advocating for human rights.
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Democratic incumbent Attorney General Raúl Torrez is running for reelection against Republican challenger Sam Kane. Torrez was born in New Mexico, attended Harvard University and eventually got his law degree from Stanford University before working for the U.S. Department of Justice and being elected Bernalillo County District Attorney. He says his experience puts him ahead of his challenger, and his track record as an active litigator speaks to his effort for New Mexicans. -
Sam Kane, a personal injury lawyer living in Las Cruces with more than two decades experience is running as a Republican against democratic incumbent Raúl Torrez for Attorney General. He says if elected he would focus on crime and public safety first, and keep his attention at a more local level as opposed to more salient national issues. -
New Mexico Attorney general Raúl Torrez announced Wednesday that his office is suing two longtime associates of Jeffrey Epstein, his attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn, accusing the men of helping facilitate and cover up sexual abuse and human trafficking. -
Larry "Lead" Marker is a republican from southeast New Mexico who has worked in oil and gas, construction and farming and ranching. He says he wants to bring a conservative perspective to New Mexico's representation in the Senate. -
Demoractic incumbent U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan wants to use another six years in the senate to bring back programs that were recently changed, and to make life more affordable for New Mexicans. -
Bernalillo County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution declaring a state of emergency related to fentanyl and overdose deaths, giving the county manager more powers, releasing previously unavailable funds, and formally requesting assistance from the state. -
The Bernalillo County Commission is scheduled to vote on whether or not to declare a state of emergency in response to increasing overdoses and dangers around fentanyl use. -
The New Mexico Department of Health is spreading awareness of the benefits of a safe sleeping environment for infants as part of Safe Sleep Awareness Month. Families in need can get a free portable crib after taking a safe sleep training course. -
NM Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced Friday, alongside California AG Rob Bonta, NM is joining a coalition of states suing over the Trump administration's rollback of fuel economy standards. -
Advocates say a veterinary tranquilizer is becoming more and more commonly found in opioids sold on the street across new Mexico, complicating overdose reversal and making withdrawal far more dangerous, and a lot of people using these drugs aren't even aware they're consuming it.
