D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
December
2008
The Tumbleweeds Top 10
Who and what's been making news from New Mexico this past month, as measured by mentions in Google News (news.google.com), which tracks 4,500 worldwide news sources (trends noted are vs. last month's total hits; * indicates new to the list). Number in parenthesis indicates last month's Top 10 rank. Post-election edition! We bid farewell to news of New Mexico as a "battleground state," our Senate race and. . . Gov. Bill Richardson?
- (3) Gov. Bill Richardson — 16,373 hits (up)
- (-) Gov. Bill Richardson + secretary of state — 5,053 hits (up)
- (6) Incoming US Sen. Tom Udall — 2,193 hits (up)
- (4) Outgoing Sen. Pete Domenici — 1,443 hits (up)
- (-) New Mexico illegal immigration — 709 hits (up)
- (-) Gov. Bill Richardson + secretary of commerce — 331 hits*
- (5) Sen. Jeff Bingaman — 296 hits (down)
- (7) Virgin Galactic — 264 hits (up)
- (10) Incoming Rep. Harry Teague — 158 hits (up)
- (-) Lt. Gov. Diane Denish — 88 hits *
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