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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As a border prosecutor, I've put criminals behind bars who worked for some of the most violent cartels in the world.
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.
When I first registered to vote I registered as a Democrat.
My parents were Democrats.
I will veto any tax increase.
New Mexico is an environment where we are open for business.