Santa Fe New Mexican, Nov. 4, 2014

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Leaders pitch green ideas at city summit Task force, mayor share goals for renewable energy. Page A-6

Albuquerque police under fresh scrutiny Choice to keep leaders from troubled units draws heat. Page A-6

Many questions still unanswered in crash Spaceship disaster investigation expected to take months. Page A-3

3 ELECTIONS 2014

Campaign lies stretched to new extremes in 2014 Republican-leaning Advance New Mexico Now sent out an inaccurate direct-mail ad that claimed that State Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard had voted for a bill to expunge certain criminal records, a lie.

U.S. voters sour, GOP confident on eve of midterms Last-minute polls show many races still close By Jonathan Weisman and Ashley Parker The New York Times

Arab allies consider joint force against militants

Of a story ProgressNow New Mexico posted online claiming that Rodgers had been arrested and hid it from voters, Pat Davis, the group’s executive director says, ‘It’s not our best work.’

Talks reflect desire to go beyond U.S. coalition By Hamza Hendawi

From false mailers to inaccurate online reports, untruthful attacks abound

CAIRO — Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are discussing the creation of a military pact to take on Islamic militants, with the possibility of a joint force to intervene around the Middle East, The Associated Press has learned. The alliance would also serve as a show of strength to counterbalance their traditional rival, Shiite-dominated, Iran. Two countries are seen as potential theaters for the alliance to act, senior Egyptian military officials said: Libya, where Islamic militants have taken over several cities, and Yemen, where Shiite rebels suspected of links to Iran have seized control of the capital. The discussions reflect a new assertiveness among the Middle East’s Sunni powerhouses, whose governments — after three years of post-Arab Spring turmoil in the region — have increasingly come to see Sunni Islamic militants and Islamist political movements as a threat. The U.S. Arab allies’ consideration

By Milan Simonich

The Associated Press

The New Mexican

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f this wasn’t the least truthful election in state history, it was a contender. Campaign advertisements have long taken a speck of truth and stretched it beyond recognition to shock and scare, and try to secure votes. But this year saw new extremes in deception, as advocacy groups used outright lies in hopes of sullying candidates they oppose.

One political scientist said 2014 ranks as a watershed for lies in political advertising. “In recent memory, it was the worst,” said Lonna Atkeson, a professor and director of the Center for the Study of Voting, Elections, and Democracy at The University of New Mexico. One recent story that captured her attention was an advocacy group’s allegation that Geoff Rodgers, a Republican candidate for the state House of Representa-

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Statewide offices at stake as voters head to the polls Candidates make final push ahead of Election Day By Steve Terrell The New Mexican

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tives, was arrested in Florida years ago but concealed that information from voters. Rodgers says the accusation, made by ProgressNow New Mexico, is false. He said in an interview that he has never been arrested. Rodgers, 52, said his background includes nothing more than a couple of speeding tickets, and even those didn’t occur in Florida, where he once lived.

WASHINGTON — The most expensive midterm campaign in American history stumbled into Election Day on Tuesday with voters’ interest at record lows and their divisions deep over what they want their government to do in President Barack Obama’s final two years. Republicans entered the final hours confident they will gain at least six seats and take control of the Senate, but polls showed several races too close to call. Likely runoffs in Georgia and Louisiana, along with late vote counts in Alaska, Colorado and Iowa, will mean Senate control may remain in doubt beyond Tuesday night. The same could be true for governors’ races in Colorado, New Hampshire, Georgia and Florida. The uncertainty about the outcome is a fitting match for the mood of the nation. A slowly but steadily

From left, Linda Palmer, Precinct 39 judge, and Nona Gregg, Precinct 66 judge, go over materials for their polling places Monday with Celeste Sanchez, election administrative specialist, at the Santa Fe County warehouse. Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican

After Tuesday, the constant bombardment of political campaign advertising will cease and make way for pre-Christmas sales pitches. Voters will elect a governor — Republican incumbent Susana Martinez or Democratic challenger Gary King — as well as a U.S. senator — incumbent Democrat Tom Udall or GOP candidate Allen Weh.

Martinez campaigned in Southern New Mexico on the eve of Tuesday’s general election, with stops in Hatch, Sunland Park and Mesilla wrapping up a 17-city tour that began last week. King visited senior citizen centers in Santa Fe before heading to the party stronghold of Española in Northern New Mexico and to Albuquerque for a stop at a labor union headquarters, where supporters operated a phone

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Obituaries Mark Alan Weber, Nov. 1 Arthur R. Garcia, Nov. 1 Page A-7

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Rajasthani Gypsy Caravan Performers include Suva Devi, Ustad Arba Music Group and Katrina Ji, 7 p.m., James A. Little Theater, New Mexico School for the Deaf, 1060 Cerrillos Road; $25 or five tickets for $100, tickets available at Pomegranate Studios, 535 Cerrillos Road; 9866164, pomegranatestudio.org.

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World Trade Center reopens, 13 years after 9/11 First occupants move into offices designed to be more secure By Verena Dobnik The Associated Press

NEW YORK — The silvery, 1,776-foot skyscraper that rose from the ashes of 9/11 to become a symbol of American resilience opened for business Monday, as 175 employees of the magazine publishing giant Condé Nast settled into their first day of work in their new offices. One World Trade Center’s official opening marked a symbolic return to some sense of normalcy for the site where the towers toppled

more than 13 years ago. “The New York City skyline is whole again,” says Patrick Foye, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns both the building and the 16-acre World Trade Center site. Steps away from the new tower are two memorial fountains built on the footprints of the decimated twin towers, a reminder of the more than 2,700 people who died in the terrorist attack. Condé Nast, publisher of Vogue, The New Yorker and

Vanity Fair, is expected to move in about 3,000 more employees by early next year, eventually occupying 25 floors of the $3.9 billion, 104-story tower, the nation’s tallest building. Amid Monday’s celebratory tour of parts of 1 World Trade Center, Condé Nast officials declined to comment on employees’ possible fears about working in the new building. Foye counters that it’s “the most secure office building in

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One World Trade Center stands between the transportation hub, left, still under construction, and 7 World Trade Center, right, in New York. The resurrected World Trade Center is again opening for business, marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the U.S. Mark Lennihan/The Associated Press

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