Legislative roundup, March 17, 2015
Posted: Monday, March 16, 2015 7:00 pm
Days remaining in session: 4
Tainted dollars: Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez is calling on Gov. Susana Martinez to return thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from a Texas developer who was convicted on a domestic violence charge after a security video captured him a slapping a stripper in a Las Vegas, Nev., hotel, throwing her to the ground on an elevator and stomping on her cellphone.
Sanchez noted in a news release that Marcus Hiles was the largest individual donor last year to a Republican PAC, Advance New Mexico Now, giving the group $100,000. In addition, Hiles and his wife donated a total of $20,000 to Martinez’s re-election campaign.
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