By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — Rio Rancho got a front-row seat to the governor’s race Sunday when Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer campaigned for Democrat Deb Haaland in Republican nominee Gregg Hull’s hometown, just over two weeks before Election Day.
The two Democrats talked about cost of living before a crowd of about 80 people at an industrial building on Zenith Court NE.
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| Rio Rancho got a front-row seat to the governor’s race Sunday when Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer campaigned for Democrat Deb Haaland in Republican nominee Gregg Hull’s hometown, just over two weeks before Election Day. (Courtesy photo) |
Haaland pitched bigger state Child Tax Credit and Working Families Tax Credit payments. She also said continuing the state’s shift to clean energy will lower utility bills.
She wants to make sure families “can pay their rent and buy groceries at the same time,” Haaland said.
Whitmer, who leaves office in January, said governors “really are the front line of making sure we are creating opportunities for people.”
Hull, a three-term former Rio Rancho mayor, didn’t roll out the welcome mat. He told the Albuquerque Journal that Haaland “can’t run for governor without bringing in her pals from Washington, Michigan, and elsewhere.”
Hull said more than 98% of his donors in the latest reporting period live in New Mexico.
Compare the candidates’ plans:
- Deb Haaland: DebHaaland.com/debsplans
- Gregg Hull: gregghull.com/priorities/
Check your registration and find voting locations:
- New Mexico Secretary of State: sos.nm.gov
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I am a former liberal. Covid took my blinders off. I have to say, not in a racist way, because I don’t care if she is native American or British, Deb Haaland is a disgrace. She is beyond stupid. She couldn’t answer any of the questions put to her when Biden pushed her into Secretary of the Interior. Oh, New Mexico! A Dem Oh yay. Let’s see some improvement in this now that the dumbest Dem has been elected. New Mexico ranks 50th in education for the 10th consecutive year in the annual Kids Count Data Book, according to KOAT. And here’s health care. New Mexico ranks #40 overall in U.S. News & World Report’s healthcare rankings and #40 in WalletHub’s state healthcare study, while scoring lower in specialized indices such as #49 on the West Health-Gallup Healthcare Scorecard. And crime. Here’s where NM shines. #1 in the U.S. for property crime and #2 (or #3 depending on the index) for violent crime per 100,000 residents, according to data from USAFacts and the FBI. New Mexico ranks #1 overall in the United States for drug use and addiction, according to a study by WalletHub.
So happy that NM is a blue dem state. Proud that the voting residents of NM have shown such acumen by electing the best possible people to govern. It makes me want to puke.