But Judge Nash noted several other problems with the question, specifically, the fact that there are several issues being voted upon - raising the minimum wage from $7.50 to $8.50, tying the minimum wage to increases in the consumer price index and employers paying employees who receive tips at least 45% of the minimum wage.

The audio recording reveals a side of Gardner rarely, if ever, seen publicly. Over the course of the recording, Gardner establishes himself as the quintessential power broker: a big-talking man highly conscious of his influence, who isn’t afraid to “play the game” and leverage that influence into high-profile state positions for friends.

Gardner then talks about hiring another friend, Aimee Barabe, as a public information officer for the state Health Department. “And they are like, ‘Oh, she gets a sweet job because she is friends with Keith Gardner.’ ” Gardner doesn’t specify who criticized him for that hire. “But it is a one-day hit. … Why can’t I put people in there that I trust? That is what my job is.”

In a statement that will live on through YouTube, Gardner also called Jennings a "C...sucker."

"It's not true," Jennings said, making light of Gardner's rough locker-room language.

Sixty-nine percent said they approve of the Republican governor’s performance 20 months into her first term, a new Journal Poll found.

“As the new commissioner for District 1, Mr. Kubiak will have the responsibility of serving the people of Bernalillo County from now until the winner of the election for this seat takes office in January,” said Governor Martinez. “As a resident of Albuquerque, a respected attorney, a strong supporter of the infrastructure project at Paseo del Norte and I-25, and an advocate for public safety, I am confident that he will fulfill these duties and work diligently on behalf of all residents of Bernalillo County.”

Mark Knoop, the Executive Director of the state Republican Party, hyperbolically called the mistake "troubling" and "unacceptable" but nowhere mentioned that Jay McCleskey's Reform New Mexico Now PAC also failed to provide information about the $281,000 the PAC raised during the last period. Of the PAC's four individual contributions over $250 - the dollar amount over which it's required that certain information about the donor be disclosed - no information under "Occupation" is listed. This information was not provided for three personal contributions in the PAC's May financial disclosure either.