Heath Haussamen has the goods:
Democrat Patricia Madrid conceded the 1st Congressional District race to Republican Heather Wilson this morning.
However, according to the Albuquerque Journal, the state Democratic Party might ask for a partial recount.
Madrid, according to the newspaper, decided against a recount because she did not believe it would change the outcome. Party Chair John [...]

It looks like there are still several thousand (3,700?) votes remaining to be counted in the CD-1 race between Heather Wilson and Patricia Madrid. As I write this, Wilson maintains a 1,000-vote lead over Madrid. We may be waiting until the end of the week for a final canvas.
Nationally, it looks like Jim Webb will [...]

So, none of the races here in Grant County were affected by anything overnight (for more on those races, check here).
Regionally, it looks like Al Kissling pulled in 40 percent of the vote against Steve Pearce, a remarkable number considering Kissling’s lack of funding and political experience. He performed better than Gary King did in [...]

We’re on CATS — channels 17 and 19 on Grant County cable — starting at 7:15. We’ll bring you the latest on election results in the county, state and nationwide.

Well, so far it looks like Grant County will see an incredible turnout, at least by recent standards, in today’s election.
I visited 7 precincts this afternoon to check on turnout and see if there had been any problems. Uniformly, poll workers told me the day had been a smooth one and there had been no [...]

There was a huge influx of early voters on Friday and Saturday, if you compare the numbers from Thursday to the numbers released by Grant County clerk Howie Morales yesterday:

So, it looks like the party breakdown of the early voters remained unchanged, with 66 percent of early voters calling themselves Democrats. Registered Republicans made up [...]

Tomorrow night I’ll once again host live election coverage on Community Access Television of Silver City.
The show will being at 7:15 p.m., and Grant County Clerk Howie Morales tells me we’ll have most of the results by 7:30. He’s sponsoring the show, because he knows how important it is to get this information out to [...]

See today’s Silver City Daily Press for more.
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Gov. Bill Richardson stopped by Penny Park this afternoon for a campaign rally with local Democratic candidates and area supporters.
Richardson urged support for the Democratic ticket, including Jeff Bingaman, James Lewis, Mary Herrera and Hector Balderas. He also highlighted Gary King, Jim Baca and Sandy Jones as candidates in tight, important races.
He then spoke [...]

Wow:
U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., has violated the spirit of a federal rule prohibiting mass mailings with public money to constituents in the 90 days before an election.
In doing so, he’s used taxpayer dollars to campaign for re-election.
Pearce’s congressional office recently sent out more than 4,800 letters to constituents about the “scourge” of methamphetamine use, [...]

Pay attention to the debate tonight between Patricia Madrid and Heather Wilson, especially to any questions that come up about Iraq. She may try to advocate a “new” position on the war, because the White House has given embattled Republican incumbents political cover:
But the White House is cutting and running from “stay the course.” A [...]

Via Headwaters News comes this NY Times piece on Bernalillo and Placitas, and voters living in the northern New Mexico communities:
In interviews with nearly two dozen people in Bernalillo, a small, mostly Hispanic town on Route 66, and its neighbor, Placitas, which is more affluent and increasingly more Republican, voters expressed their concerns about the [...]