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Opinion

Early voting records fall; Arditti hitting credit cards to finance race
By David Crowder

Arditti has reported spending just over $170,000 in her primary race and runoff and general election races. One thing really stands out in her campaign finance totals: Of the $170,116 she has reported spending, she has only raised $27,223 in outside contributions.

Posted on October 27, 2008 • read more »

News

McCain stirs the hopeful in Mesilla
by David Crowder

The Arizona senator promised to take the country in a new direction but much of what he said tracked the Bush line, from victory in Iraq, to tax cuts for the middle-class and businesses.

Posted on October 26, 2008 • read more »

Clinton says "si se puede" to Sunland Park
by Ben Wright

Clinton deputizes Sundland Park to march for Obama

Posted on October 27, 2008 • read more »

Culture

Will Ferrell as George Bush on Saturday Night Live
by NPT staff

Will Ferrel made a guest appearance on NBC's of Saturday Night Live, Thursday edition.

Posted on October 25, 2008 • read more »

Politics

Pat Haggerty interview Part 1: Republican partisanship, lobbyists ruined the House; he's going to lobby
By Ben Wright

Texas politics seems pretty polarized right now. You’ve been there for twenty years. What happened? The common ground got swallowed up when the Republicans took over in 2003 and started playing partisan politics when the rest of us weren’t. That’s when we lost almost everything that’s gone right in this state.

Posted on October 23, 2008 • read more »

Interview with Pat Haggerty, Part 2: A vote for Dee Margo is a vote for Speaker Craddick, not El Paso
By Ben Wright

The Legislature is one of those places where people go down to with a chip on their shoulder or a very high impression of themselves. Err, [laughs], it’s a great equalizer. It can make you very humble. If you think you are that great, you’re going to find out your not. I think that Joe (Moody), from that standpoint, is further ahead than Dee Margo.

Posted on October 24, 2008 • read more »

VG 11.08: Early Voting Locations
by NPT Staff

Early voting takes place from Oct. 20 - Oct. 31. To participate in early voting all you need is your driver's license or your voter registration card. Also attached is a pdf of the Voter Guide 11.2008 to download and read during your lunch break.

Posted on October 21, 2008 • read more »