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Around the Roundhouse

The Santa Fe New Mexican’s weekly podcast hosted by state government and lead politics reporter Daniel J. Chacón features the policies, politics and personalities at the state Capitol during New Mexico's 2025 legislative session.

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  1. Episode · Sep 17, 2026

    Discussing possible gas tax increase, axing personal income tax with Rio Grande Foundation president (opens the original)

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    Paul Gessing has spent the past 20 years working to shape policy in New Mexico as president of the Rio Grande Foundation, an Albuquerque-based think tank focused on promoting “individual freedom, limited government and economic opportunity,” according to the organization’s website. In the latest episode of the “Around the Roundhouse” podcast, Gessing joins Santa Fe New Mexican state politics reporter Daniel J. Chacón to discuss a proposal to raise the state’s gas tax, why he supports eliminating

  2. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    ‘We’re not renaming New Mexico’: State historian pushes back on Trump’s ‘New America’ pitch (opens the original)

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    New Mexico was in the national spotlight earlier this week as President Donald Trump sent out multiple social media posts indicating a desire to rename New Mexico “New America.” The posts prompted backlash from New Mexico’s congressional delegation and others who didn’t appreciate the suggestion. New Mexico State Historian Rob Martinez has been among the voices critical of Trump’s “New America” pitch. He has been interviewed by publications including The New York Times and The Guardian , offerin

  3. Episode · Sep 3, 2026

    'This was never a legit job’: Jacob Candelaria rips Rep. Romero's DA Office role, files complaints (opens the original)

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    Before resigning from the state Senate nearly four years ago, Jacob Candelaria changed his party affiliation from Democrat to decline to state. Being unencumbered by partisan loyalties “was liberating,” Candelaria said, and working as an attorney, he says he fights for the people of New Mexico instead of for the government. Candelaria has taken high-profile cases including whistleblower lawsuits and a challenge of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s universal childcare program. This week, he filed a d

  4. Episode · Aug 27, 2026

    Forward Party candidate Harry Montoya discusses run for Santa Fe County magistrate judge (opens the original)

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    Harry Montoya has been a Democrat and a Republican. The former Pojoaque School Board member and Santa Fe County Commissioner says he doesn’t feel like he fits into the mold of either party anymore and is now running as a member of the newly formed Forward Party in his campaign for Santa Fe County magistrate judge. Montoya, who is facing Democrat Michael Roybal in the general election, joins the latest episode of “Around the Roundhouse” for a conversation with Santa Fe New Mexican politics report

  5. Episode · Aug 20, 2026

    Republican Ramona Goolsby shares her priorities in campaign for N.M. secretary of state (opens the original)

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    Ramona Goolsby has been a family nurse practitioner, an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves, a staff accountant for a CPA firm, a small business owner and manager of a ranch. She says she’s not a politician, but she hopes her varied experiences will appeal to voters as she campaigns to be New Mexico’s secretary of state. The Rio Rancho Republican is running against Doña Ana County Democrat Amanda López Askin in the November general election. In the latest episode of the “Around the Roundhouse” pod

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