I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
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“The most important dynamic is going to be, can the Republicans take advantage of having two Hispanics at the top of the ticket? That’s probably never happened anywhere in the country.”
So says Gov. Bill Richardson, discussing Republican candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, Susana Martinez and John Sanchez, an interview published today on Stateline.org. Martinez faces Democrat and current Lt. Gov. Diane Denish and Brian Colon in the race.
Richardson tackles the New Mexico governor’s race and the immigration issue — and how the latter might affect the former — in the short article that accompanies a longer Stateline.org piece on how immigration is affecting the New Mexico governor’s race.
Richardson repeats what he’s said countless times before about New Mexico’s approach to immigration. The state combines strong border enforcement with policies that bring the undocumented from out of the shadows, such as issuing state driver’s licenses to undocumented individuals.
As for the immigration issue’s influence on the govrenor’s race, Richardson tells Stateline: “It’s cropped up because of Arizona, but it will fade. Other issues will determine the governorship.”
“For Democrats, I think the lieutenant governor is well-positioned,” Richardson tells Stateline. “She’s going to have to separate herself from me but define herself as a Democrat moving the state forward on the traditional Democratic issues of job creation, health care and education reform.”
