Heath Haussamen

NMPolitics.net (Heath Haussamen on New Mexico Politics) has been named by the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza as one of the best state politics blogs in the nation. The aim of this site is to cut through the spin and counter spin that is rampant in politics and government and tell the truth about what is happening. This site is journalistic, analytical and, most important, non-partisan.

There are few news sources in Doña Ana County or anywhere in southern New Mexico that thoroughly cover government and politics. After spending seven years in various jobs as a newspaper reporter and editor, I left the Las Cruces Sun-News in May 2006 to try to build this site into such a resource.

Since I started NMPolitics.net, my work has been cited in Roll Call, The Politico, Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, the Albuquerque Journal and other publications. I’ve been quoted as a political analyst in the Wall Street Journal, Roll Call, CQ Politics, The Hill, The Guardian (UK), The Chronicle of Higher Education and the Santa Fe New Mexican and on National Public Radio, CBS Radio, MSNBC.com, FoxNews.com and XM Satellite Radio. I’ve also taken part in panel discussions on the television show New Mexico in Focus.

I am also a reporter for the New Mexico Independent and a regular columnist for NewWest.net.

If you have questions, comments or news tips, e-mail me at heath@haussamen.com. To learn more about me, click here. To learn about advertising on this site, click here.

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