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" New Mexico's agricultural economy is primarily composed of dairy and range livestock production. "
Susana Martinez
Production
Dairy
Economy
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" As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery store or the mall. They look and point, and when they get the courage, they ask 'Are you Susana?' and they run up and give me a hug. "
Susana Martinez
History
Little Girls
Courage
" 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. "
Susana Martinez
Immigrants
Justice
Race
" 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?' "
Susana Martinez
You
Children
Color
" I offered early on - I think I was governor about a month when I met President Obama - and said, 'I would like to visit with you in reference to border security, in reference to immigration. I'd like to be part of the discussion because I lived on the border all my life.' I've never received a call. "
Susana Martinez
Security
Think
You
" When there is a crisis, how you handle the crisis is just as important as the crisis. "
Susana Martinez
Handle
You
Just
" We need to grow the private sector in every corner of New Mexico. "
Susana Martinez
Grow
Mexico
Corner
" New Mexico is an environment where we are open for business. "
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Business
Environment
New
" 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. "
Susana Martinez
Start
Words
Fall
" When we set up our kids for failure, we set up our workforce for failure, and we set up our economy for failure. I can't emphasize enough the importance, the absolute importance, of education in achieving long-term economic growth. "
Susana Martinez
Growth
Education
Achieving
" 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. "
Susana Martinez
Always
Together
Mexico
" As a border prosecutor, I've put criminals behind bars who worked for some of the most violent cartels in the world. "
Susana Martinez
Behind
Most
Prosecutor
" I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursue. I prosecuted child abuse and child homicide cases. Cases that were truly gut-wrenching. But standing up for those kids, being their voice for justice was the honor of a lifetime. "
Susana Martinez
Child
Honor
Justice
" I want to make sure that I fulfill the promises that I made to New Mexicans. That's extremely important to me. "
Susana Martinez
Want
Me
Important
" I know what not being able to read can do to a child's confidence. "
Susana Martinez
Child
Know
Confidence
" 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. "
Susana Martinez
Red
Mom
Lost
" When I first registered to vote I registered as a Democrat. "
Susana Martinez
Democrat
First
Registered
" I do think we do have to respect the position of the presidency. "
Susana Martinez
Position
Presidency
Think
" It's extremely important that we elect people that look like the population they serve. "
Susana Martinez
People
Important
Like
" 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! "
Susana Martinez
Gun
Myself
Take Care
" Raising taxes does nothing to allow the economy to recover. "
Susana Martinez
Raising
Taxes
Nothing
" Sometimes Republicans engage in number-crunching analysis that doesn't always take the neediest into account. "
Susana Martinez
Always
Sometimes
Engage
" 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. "
Susana Martinez
Government
College
Need
" I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform. "
Susana Martinez
Advocate
Reform
Immigration
" I am donating $10,000 from my inaugural committee to the 'Pink Pack' because the only way we will find a cure for cancer is by joining together, pooling our resources, and focusing on the lifesaving mission that everyone can fight back against cancer. "
Susana Martinez
Pink
Mission
I Am
" My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant. "
Susana Martinez
Marine Corps
Golden
Then
" I didn't have a whole lot of role models to say, 'This much is possible, versus this much.' So I finally said, 'I think I'd like to be a mayor. I'd like to pull together a city and help do good things.' "
Susana Martinez
Good
Together
Think
" Sometimes you pay a price for standing up. "
Susana Martinez
Pay
Sometimes
Standing
" Latinos care about education, yes, so we need reform, not just money. "
Susana Martinez
Need
Education
Care
" 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. "
Susana Martinez
Father
Said
Grandmother
" 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. "
Susana Martinez
Work
Life
Hope