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3 ELECTIONS 2014 The issues facing New Mexico
Economic slump still looms as top issue
SUSANA MARTINEZ Age: 55 Education: Bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1981, law degree from the University of Oklahoma, 1986
GARY KING Age: 60 Education: Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, New Mexico State University; Ph.D. in organic chemistry, University of Colorado; law degree, The University of New Mexico
In governor’s race, voters must decide who has best ideas for growth
Experience: Assistant district attorney for the 3rd Judicial District in Doña Ana County, 1986-92; district attorney in 3rd Judicial District, 1993-2010
Experience: State attorney general since 2007; state representative, 1987-98; maintained a law practice before election as attorney general
Personal: Married to retired lawman Chuck Franco
Personal: Married to Yolanda Jones King
Campaign information: www.susanamartinez.com
Campaign information: www.garykingforgovernor.com
To retain seat, Martinez has sights set on Hispanic vote
King’s name is well known, but race has its challenges
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Las Vegas, N.M., definitely isn’t a GOP stronghold in the state. But Republican Gov. Susana Martinez seemed to make herself at home during a recent public appearance on the Northern New Mexico town’s plaza. It wasn’t a campaign stop — officially, anyway. Martinez was in town to announce $590,000 in co-operative marketing grants to communities and nonprofits involved in the state Tourism Department’s “New Mexico True” promotion. On hand for the event was the Las Vegas mayor, Alfonso Ortiz, and a small crowd of people, many of whom appeared to be city employees. Ortiz, a Democrat who has appeared in Martinez campaign ads praising the governor, repeatedly has said he hasn’t actually endorsed Martinez. But, when introducing the governor that day, he said he hopes she continues serving in her
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he numbers are hard to brag about. Since Gov. Susana Martinez assumed office Jan. 1, 2011 — after the recession was officially over — the state has added just 17,400 jobs, one of the slowest growth rates in the country. The high-paying manufacturing sector has shrunk 10 percent, and the state has lost 1,400 construction jobs. As Martinez seeks a second term Nov. 4, Democrats see the economy as her biggest vulnerability. They seized on the recent loss of a new Tesla plant as evidence of the governor’s failure to bring jobs to the state. But even with a bevy of woeful indicators, Martinez continues to lead in both the polls and in fundraising over Gary King, the attorney general. Her supporters say that while the economy
Like a Kennedy or a Roosevelt, Gary King might have been expected to enter politics. His late father, Bruce King served 12 years as governor of New Mexico, longer than anyone. Before winning his first term as governor in 1970, Bruce King was speaker of the state House of Representatives. So when a young Gary King tagged along to watch his father work, he often went to the state Capitol. Gary King, now 60 and the Democratic nominee for governor, regularly mentions his dad in speeches. Yet King, who has a doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Colorado, says his first ambition was to be a scientist, not to follow his father into politics. “This was probably influenced by watching Doctor George Fischbeck on educational TV,” King said.
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Greg Pluemer, co-owner of Albuquerque-based Accurate Machine & Tool Co., credits the governor’s economic development incentives for his decision to expand in New Mexico rather than building a plant in Texas. CLYDE MUELLER/THE NEW MEXICAN
EDITOR’S NOTE
BY BRUCE KRASNOW THE NEW MEXICAN
In previewing the governor’s race this election, The New Mexican is doing something a little different. Instead of the usual political profiles, we are publishing brief biographical sketches of each of the two candidates, followed by a series of stories over the next week examining key issues that will confront not only the state’s chief executive but others entrusted with helping to guide state and national policy over the next four years. Today, we focus on the state’s struggling economy and how the two candidates say they would improve it. Monday, we look at education, followed by the environment, transparency, social issues, and health and welfare.
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When you’re hot, you’re … not? While fans and athletes might disagree, physicist says streaks are purely random By Anne Constable and Will Webber The New Mexican
Was Joe DiMaggio on a streak when he hit safely in 56 straight games?
Baseball fans know that Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio hit safely in 56 straight games in 1941. Some might call that a bit of a hot streak. The Oakland Athletics won 20 straight games in 2002,
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setting an American League record immortalized in the book Moneyball and, later, in a Brad Pitt flick of the same name. Any fan would call that a pretty impressive winning streak. But according to Santa Fe Institute professor Sid Redner, the notion of a winning streak
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is, well, basically B.S. Redner, a physicist who examined data from 10 seasons of professional basketball and more than a century of Major League Baseball, says that scoring is a “random, memoryless process.” Redner is not a sports fan. “I couldn’t care less about sports,” he said. But he is a fan of sports statistics, and he looks at the data
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