Author Archives | Juan Carlos Holmes
Juan Carlos Holmes is a lifelong Albuquerque resident and private political consultant for Democratic candidates. He has worked on local, state, and national races for over a decade, and has actively campaigned for broader open government laws and women's health in New Mexico.
Important Down-Ticket Races Go Unnoticed
Some of the most important state races are extremely tight yet receiving thin media scrutiny.
Continue reading...APD Shooting Stats Reaffirm Grim Situation
09. January 2014
In a recent column on this site, Jewel L. Hall of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Multicultural Center called for greater action by citizens, elected officials, and the Albuquerque Police Department themselves to address the all-too-common occurrence of officers shooting suspects who are quite frequently unarmed. I agree that more should be done, but I do think that Mrs. Hall is dramatically understating how truly atrocious the situation has become. ..
Continue reading...Runoff Rule a Major Factor in ABQ Special Election
20. November 2013
I can only assume that both Janice Arnold-Jones and Bud Shaver each wish that they had never heard the other's name.
Everything that happened in Albuquerque's special election - and I do mean everything, especially the overwhelming defeat of the carpetbaggers' anti-women/anti-choice/and-science abortion ban - came down to the District 7 run-off. Without the less-than-50% runoff rule and the city council race that fell under those terms, the vote on the Albuquerque late-term abortion ban would have been a mail-in election only...
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01. November 2014
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