New Mexico Senator Crystal Diamond and Tom Brantley of Carlsbad, New Mexico, were married in a private ceremony in Marathon, Texas at the historic Gage Hotel. In the presence of family, the July 14,2023, service was officiated by Vince Torres, New Mexico Senate Republican chief of staff and executive pastor of Blaze Christian Fellowship. Brantley is a farmer and rancher in Eddy County, New Mexico, and the surrounding area. Diamond, who resides in Elephant Butte, New Mexico, was elected to the Senate in 2020, the first Republican to represent the rural borderlands district. She has recently announced her candidacy for re-election to her seat. Source of text and photograph: Facebook
“Legislators Raking In Cash For ’24 Election; Six Senators And Eight House Members Already Have Over Six Figures In Cash On Hand” New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan October 16, 2023
Click on the above link to access this free blog, then scroll down to the entry for October 16 and look for the subhead “Senate Action” to read this post on campaign donations and the politics behind them.
“Feds object to judge’s nod to settle Rio Grande SCOTUS case” by Danielle Prokop, Source NM October 18, 2023
Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.
