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" My parents were Democrats. "

Susana Martinez

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" I want to make sure kids read by the third grade and are prepared for the fourth grade. As school gets harder and kids get older, the words get bigger... If they don't understand what they are reading, they start to fall back, and their interest in school falls off. "

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" At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic Church bingos. Now, my dad made sure I could take care of myself. I carried a Smith and Wesson .357 Magnum - that gun weighed more than I did! "

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" My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be. "

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