Know-nothing Haaland needs to answer some questions, herself
- April 20, 2026
Jeff Tucker, Albuquerque Journal
I’ve seen a lot of dirty tricks covering local elections across five states. One of the lowest was in Montana when a candidate recruited someone with the same name as his primary opponent and convinced the stooge to file for the same office and then disappear from the press. It worked, too, diluting the votes of his real Republican primary opponent.
A candidate whose lust for power is so strong, and whose ethics are so challenged, isn’t fit for office.
It’s been a while, but the political stunt Deb Halaand’s gubernatorial campaign pulled last week was one of the most irresponsible dirty tricks I’ve seen in state politics in years.
The Haaland campaign last week posted specific information about four houses her Democratic rival Sam Bregman owns in Albuquerque, Angel Fire and Houston. One of them is the Albuquerque home of Bregman’s 88-year-old mother, another the Houston home of his daughter and grandchildren.
It was beyond irresponsible, it was reprehensible.
Protect the Public’s Trust filed a complaint in 2022 alleging Haaland failed to properly report bank accounts or assets on financial disclosure forms while earning a congressional salary.
In 2023, the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources investigated Haaland regarding her ties to the Pueblo Action Alliance, an extremist special interest group her daughter worked for and that lobbied the Interior Department in a direct conflict of interest.