These are usually the desperate hours. Eight days remain until the general election.

Some claim anything goes at this stage, but we’ve already seen and heard just about everything.

Nicole Chavez, a Republican running for the state House of Representatives in an Albuquerque district, falsely claimed to hold a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Unmoved by coverage of her inflated résumé, Chavez continues to list not one but two phony bachelor’s degrees on her LinkedIn social media page.



Ringside Seat is an opinion column about people, politics and news. Contact Milan Simonich at

msimonich@sfnewmexican.com or 505-986-3080.

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