NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A lawsuit was settled between the New Mexico State Ethics Committee and a local nonprofit. Now, new campaign reports show where exactly the group’s funds came from and where they’re going.
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Radio ads like this one, “We ask all Latino democrats and New Mexicans to join us in shaping a better New Mexico,” are funded by the New Mexico Project, or TNMP, a group that seeks to amplify Latino and moderate voices across New Mexico. That group is run by Jeff Apodaca who previously ran for governor as a Democrat.
They recently registered as a political committee and disclosed its funding after a months long legal battle.
“They are a 501 (c)(4) engaged in issue advocacy and they may have spent money on campaigns, but they didn’t exceed the independent expenditure limits such that they would have to register and disclose donors. So, we think the judge has the law wrong,” said A. Blair Dunn, Attorney for the New Mexico Project, back in September.