Month: November 2010

A chastened President Barack Obama signaled a willingness to compromise with Republicans on tax cuts and energy policy Wednesday, one day after his party lost control of the House and suffered deep Senate losses in midterm elections. Obama ruefully called the Republican victories “a shellacking” and acknowledged that his own connection with the public had

Dee Margo has defeated incumbent State Rep. Joe Moody. Margo was leading 14,472 votes to 13,168 votes for Moody with nearly all of the precincts reporting. This is the second time Moody and Margo have battled each other for the State Representative 78 seat. Recent commercials attacking both opponents in the District 78 race were

County Commissioner Veronica Escobar will be the new El Paso County Judge, defeating Jaime O. Perez. With early voting numbers and 130 precincts reporting on election day, Escobar had 45,832 votes to 27,643 votes for Perez. Escobar has been serving as County Commissioner for Precinct 2 since January 2007. Perez is currently the Chief of

Some county employees working the elections have been at Elections Central downtown since 6a.m. – and their day could drag on past midnight depending on how fast the judges for each precinct report back with their results. “Back in 2008, I stayed here past midnight waiting for one precinct to get their results in,” said

County workers are keeping busy at Elections Central in downtown El Paso’s County Courthouse. Javier Chacon, the county’s Elections Administrator told ABC-7 that this year “feels almost like a presidential election” based on the amount of voter response they’ve been getting all day. “We’re averging about 100 calls every 20 minutes,” he said. Voters have

It’s election day in Texas. The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in voting that includes the governor’s race. Texas has about 13.3 million registered voters. GOP Gov. Rick Perry never has lost an election. Neither has Democrat Bill White, who’s a former mayor of Houston. Their race tops a ballot where

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – With their re-election campaigns concluded, New Mexico’s three Democratic congressmen, fighting a national election-year mood that favored Republicans, could only wait Tuesday for returns to be counted. The toughest battle was in the Albuquerque area, where Rep. Martin Heinrich faced GOP challenger Jon Barela. An Albuquerque Journal poll published Sunday showed

A 13-year-old Las Cruces boy was arrested Tuesday within minutes of committing an armed robbery at a local convenience store. The 13-year-old boy is charged with one count of armed robbery. Shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2, Las Cruces Police were dispatched to a report of an armed robbery at the Pic Quik store

An El Paso Police officer was indicted Monday on suspicion of sexually assaulting of an unconscious woman, according to court documents. According to the indictment, Officer Mark Munoz of the Pebble Hills division fondled an unconscious woman’s genitalia a year ago. The indictment doesn’t state whether or not Munoz was on duty at the time.

Recent commercials attacking both opponents in the District 78 race can at times be misleading, while some accusations are accurate. In Dee Margo’s latest commercial, the narrator says “Joe Moody got caught in a lie.” The Margo Campaign in part refers to a Fall 2009 letter from Moody to constituents that has a paragraph touting

Facebook knows when you’re going to break up, according to a graphic making the rounds online that uses Facebook status updates to chart what time of year people are splitting up. British journalist and graphic designer David McCandless, who specializes in showcasing data in visual ways, compiled the chart. He showed off the graphic at

As the results begin to come in ABC’s David Muir and Facebook’s Randi Zuckerberg will have live reaction from the Arizona State University campus. Join the conversation with the anchors and your friends. Ask questions, answer surveys and have your opinions heard. Join the conversation.

Las Cruces Police have arrested a woman who allegedly stabbed her boyfriend Sunday morning after arguing over a threesome sexual encounter the two had with another woman. Sonia Soto, 23, of the 300 block of S. Almendra St ., is charged with one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Las Cruces Police detectives

Comprehensive national coverage of the midterm elections from ABC News.

A legal alternative for smoking marijuana. What is referred to as ?Herbal Spice? may be the newest designer drug on the market but Las Cruces city officials are considering a citywide ban against the substance. ?Marijuana is illegal, spice is not,? Jason Fernandez, owner of Phat Glass in Las Cruces, one of five local stores

This year, your vote counts for more than you may think. That’s because the new state legislature will be responsible for redrawing district lines for the Texas State House of Representatives, the Texas State Senate and also for the U.S. House of Representatives. UTEP Political Science Professor Greg Rocha told ABC-7 there’s a lot riding

You can call Washington a mess. You can call it a farce. But please don’t call it a circus. Clowns, jugglers, carnies and other performers making their living under the big top are frustrated by the state of American politics, but they say it’s unfair to compare their business to what’s going on inside the

El Paso Dentist is fighting tooth decay with Operation Sweet Tooth, an annual candy buy-back program. El Paso children can bring their Halloween candy to Eastside Dental Care, 1920 N. Zaragoza, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. from Nov. 1st through Nov. 19th and Dr. Ro will pay them $1 per pound of individually wrapped

Rock stars, fans, police and paramedics. A free outdoor concert in the Lower Valley brought them all together Saturday night. ABC-7 spoke to the drummer for headlining band Korn at the Speaking Rock Entertainment Center on the day of the event. “The crowd’s rowdy already!” said Ray Luzier as he looked out at the audience

A man in central El Paso spent thousands of dollars decking out his home for Halloween. Now he’s hoping the hard work will pay off – literally. Saul Arreola builds decorative displays in front of his home on Lebanon Avenue on some holidays. He said the scary set-up he handmade for Halloween took some major

Luis Carlos Araiza, one of three El Pasoans shot and killed in Juarez on Saturday was a student at Bowie High School, El Paso Independent School District officials said on Monday. Araiza was a sophomore at Bowie and a U.S. Citizen. Counselors will be at the school to help students cope with the tragedy. His

The El Paso Police Department arrested a man early Saturday morning after he allegedly impersonated a police officer and pulled over an off-duty federal agent. David Armendariz, 25, of the 500 block of Rubin, arrested and booked in to the El Paso County Detention Facility on a single charge of impersonating a public servant, as