The same ecosystem that pushed HB 9 through Santa Fe also shows up in endorsements, outside spending, and donor pipelines around the lawmakers who carried it.
Part 1 of an ongoing New Mexico Madness investigation into HB 9, the officials defending it, and the political network behind it. For earlier reporting that helped set the table, see our earlier piece regarding the SPLC (Apr '26).
New Mexico opened the door to independents. The state still did not move.
That is the cleanest takeaway from the first semi-open primary in state history. Reformers promised a
Part 1 followed the money after it was already moving. Part 2 turns to the front gate of the same system: who gets verified, how long that verification can drag,
New Mexico does not need California or Minnesota to understand what a public-benefits accountability problem looks like. The state already has its own record of federal audit findings, legislative
Chapter 5: The Captured Capital and the Path Forward
The previous chapters of this investigation have laid bare a structural machinery that operates with mathematical precision. We have traced how
Chapter 4: The Baseline Deception and the SMR Footprint
The ultimate justification for transforming New Mexico’s rural landscapes into an out-of-state utility pipeline has always been a
Chapter 3: The Landfill Liability and the Permitting Override
To the rural communities anchoring the geographic spine of the Estancia Basin, the wind turbine towers rising over the high desert
Chapter 2: Crisis Capital and the Supply-Chain Siphon
To the average citizen navigating the inflated rental markets of the middle Rio Grande valley, the housing crisis is framed as
Chapter 1: The Strategic Target Matrix and the Tribal Stranglehold
To understand the quiet realignment of power and capital in the American Southwest, one must first dismantle a persistent myth.
New Mexico leaders never miss a chance to talk about health care costs, prescription affordability, or the burdens facing poor and working families.
Usually, they are right to do it.
