NEW MEXICO ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE – Tuesday, November 6, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
NEW MEXICO ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE
Tuesday, November 6, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Ch. 5.1 – National – PBS NEWSHOUR Election Night Coverage
Ch. 9.1 – Local – NEW MEXICO Coverage
Ch. 5.3 – FNX – NATIVE ELECTION NIGHT LIVE
New Mexico PBS / KNME-TV and public radio KUNM 89.9 FM are committed to bringing New Mexicans in depth, involved and informed coverage of the 2018 Elections. On Tuesday, November 6, join LIVE statewide Election night coverage from 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. on Channel 9.1
Ch. 9.1 – New Mexico Coverage
New Mexico PBS is presenting local New Mexico election coverage, in partnership with public radio station KUNM, 89.9 FM.
KUNM is planning to simulcast this broadcast from 9:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Gene Grant, Host of NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS, and Gwyneth Doland, frequent NMiF Correspondent, will co-host throughout the evening, including live updates from party headquarters.
A rotating panel of experts will provide insights and opinions. They will include NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS Line opinion panelists: Dan Foley, former House minority whip; Tom Garrity, the Garrity Group PR; Sophie Martin, attorney; Laura Sanchez-Rivét, attorney at Cuddy and McCarthy, LLP; plus Dr. Martha Burk, political psychologist specializing in women’s issues, and author of “Your Voice, Your Vote.” Additional special guests are expected to include New Mexico lawmakers and political experts.
This special local election coverage will also be livestreamed at www.NewMexicoPBS.org .
Ch. 5.1 – National Races (Beginning at 6:00 p.m.)
PBS NEWSHOUR Election Night Coverage — PBS NewsHour, the nightly news broadcast anchored by managing editor Judy Woodruff, is preparing its most comprehensive coverage of the midterm elections on PBS to date, with its expanded bench of political reporters. With more than 4 decades of experience reporting at PBS, NBC and CNN, Woodruff has covered 12 presidential elections; interviewed 7 U.S. presidents; and is the recipient of numerous awards.
Studio guests will include: syndicated columnist Mark Shields, New York Times columnist David Brooks, Cook Political Report national editor Amy Walter, editor and publisher of American Greatness Chris Buskirk, MoveOn.org senior adviser Karine Jean-Pierre, and PBS NewsHour Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins. Remotes will include: PBS NewsHour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor at the White House, presidential historian Michael Beschloss, former DHS official Juliette Kayyem, Wilson Center Kennan Institute global fellow Nina Jankowicz, and PBS NewsHour correspondents Amna Nawaz, William Brangham, Jeffrey Brown, and John Yang in the field and Washington.
Ch. 5.3 – FNX – Native Election Night Live
Beginning at 7:00 p.m. LIVE!
Three national media organizations, FNX, Native Voice One, and Indian Country Today, are joining together to broadcast the first ever live national coverage of election night focusing on the 103 Native Americans who are running for Congress, governor, lieutenant governor, as well as state legislatures. There will also be reports from Indian Country Today contributors from the candidates’ campaign headquarters, as well as other locations across the country.
FNX | First Nations Experience will broadcast Native Election Night Live from its studios in San Bernardino, California. FNX | First Nations Experience is the first and only broadcast television network exclusively devoted to Native American and World Indigenous content.
The election desk will be co-anchored by Antonia Gonzales (Navajo), frequent correspondent on NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS, and the anchor and producer of National Native News which airs on tribal and public radio stations across the United States and Canada. The program has won numerous awards for covering social, economic and cultural issues, which impact Indigenous people worldwide.
Co-anchor Mark Trahant (Shoshone-Bannock Tribes), is editor of Indian Country Today, and the expert on American Indians and Alaska Natives who are running for office. Trahant began collecting the names of Native candidates several years ago for his then independent blog, “Trahant Reports.”
“A record number of Native candidates are on ballots across America this year,” said Micah Wright (Muscogee (Creek)), Content Manager for FNX. “As America’s only Native-themed broadcast television network, it’s our responsibility to inform the public about the political advances of all our tribal peoples. It’s especially gratifying that we get to do it in coordination with our fellow Native news organizations.”
“This election year is already historical. There has never been a Native American woman elected to the Congress — and now there are three viable candidates,” said Trahant. “We want our readers, the viewers of FNX, and the listeners from Native Voice One, to get the information about this extraordinary moment in real time. This is a moment that we don’t want to miss.”
“Native Voice One is excited to join in broadcasting the live results of election night, in partnership with FNX and Indian Country Today,” said Bob Petersen (Yu’pik Eskimo), network manager for NV1. “Listeners will have the opportunity to hear the Native voice represented on this historic date in American history through the live multi-hour, multi-platform broadcast across the country.”