[jerod]

Are there any liberal cause referendums on the ballot? If not, Trump stands a better chance.

[CedarDave]

Are there any liberal cause referendums on the ballot? If not, Trump stands a better chance.

The NM constitution doesn't allow for citizen referendums. There are two constitutional amendments, put on the ballot by the Democratic controlled legislature.

The one to defeat would change membership on the Public Regulation Commission from elected positions to appointment by the governor. The Dems voted that one through for general election approval, because the current PRC opposed some of the RadDem governor's effort to transition to AOC's green new deal. Everyone here in the oil patch know that she would appoint radical environmental progressives to the commission so voters will vote NO on it.

[CedarDave]

One more thing that people are pissed of at in NM, is that the NM Supreme Court, controlled by Dems, have supported all Lujan Grisham's health orders and edicts. Kids are out of school, sports up through college prohibited in state, 25% restaurant occupancy, contract tracing, etc. In the past ten days, cases have skyrocketed ranging from 800 to over 1,000. She has threatened a return to lockdowns, but wisely has not yet instituted them. I expect that will change on tomorrow or Thursday now that the election is over and angered citizens won't have the ability to retaliate at the voting booth (She's not on the ballot, but the legislature is).

There are two Republican judges up for election to NM Supreme Court and three for the appellate courts, and there have been good TV spots tying the current Dem judges to the governor and pushing for their election to change that.