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" New Mexico should be a tech jobs leader and a haven for innovation, a place where the best and the brightest come to bring their products to market. "

Susana Martinez

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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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" In New Mexico, I inherited the largest structural deficit in state history, and our legislature is controlled by Democrats. We don't always agree, but we came together in a bipartisan manner and turned that deficit into a surplus. And we did it without raising taxes. "

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" Republicans need to stop making assumptions, and they need to start talking to younger people, people of color, and ask them - not talk to them - ask them, 'What is it that we can do better? How do we earn your vote? How do we earn the ability for you to see that we can be the party that will make your life better and that of your children?' "

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" I know what not being able to read can do to a child's confidence. "

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" As a border prosecutor, I've put criminals behind bars who worked for some of the most violent cartels in the world. "

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" When I was a young prosecutor, I got called to testify against my boss. I could have backed down, but I didn't. I stood up to him. And he fired me for it. "

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" It's extremely important that we elect people that look like the population they serve. "

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" Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear. "

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" The big corporations have a team of lawyers and accountants to help them. It's the small businesses, the mom and pop shops, that get lost in the layers of red tape. "

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" Criminals take advantage of weak laws, like giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. "

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" My parents grew that small business from one 18-year-old guarding a bingo to more than 125 employees in three states. And sure, there was help along the way. But my parents took the risk. They stood up. And you better believe they built it. "

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" Republicans want to be tough and say, 'Illegals, you're gone.' But the answer is a lot more complex than that. "

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" Unfortunately, New Mexico depends significantly on federal dollars. We have four military bases here in New Mexico. We have two national labs that are very important to our national defense. "

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" In many ways, Mitt Romney and I are very different. Different starts in life. Different paths to leadership. Different cultures. "

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" Sometimes Republicans engage in number-crunching analysis that doesn't always take the neediest into account. "

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" As an elected official, I live a very public life. That elected figures live under something of a microscope is perhaps a necessary condition for an informed public, and yet, even as a public official, I maintain very personal documents that are not intended for public view. "

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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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" I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it. "

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" My parents were Democrats. "

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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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" New Mexico's agricultural economy is primarily composed of dairy and range livestock production. "

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" The criminal justice system should have the authority to determine the immigration status of all criminals, regardless of race or ethnicity, and report illegal immigrants who commit crimes to federal authorities. "

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" You want to earn the vote of every single person you can... It doesn't matter whether individuals are in need of assistance of the government or individuals who are in college; it doesn't matter. "

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" I think politicians nationwide have earned a reputation sometimes that is very unfavorable because they will say things and then do something else when they get into office. "

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" Gangs have evolved. The stereotypical gang member covered in tattoos and wearing colors does not really exist any more. There's this fear that it could be any kid, but by any kid, that means any Latino kid. "

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" I do think we do have to respect the position of the presidency. "

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" Growing up I never imagined a little girl from a border town could one day become a governor. But this is America. In America algo es possible. "

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" I was a prosecutor for 25 years. I saw so many 15, 16, even 20 year-olds who could not read, had little hope that they would ever find work, faced more challenges than opportunities in life, dropped out of school at some point, and turned to crime. "

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" We need to grow the private sector in every corner of New Mexico. "

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" I hope I've been able to show other young girls that as long as you work hard and you're committed to fight for your education, that anything's possible. "

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