Susana Martinez

Republican Susana Martinez has been Dona Ana County district attorney for 13 years, winning re-election three times in a heavily Democratic county. She is the first Hispanic woman to win a major party's gubernatorial nomination in any state. Sarah Palin endorsed Martinez.

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Latest Susana Martinez News

Mike Pence's Decision to Skip 2012 -- and the Stiff Competition He Might Face in 2016

By Matt Lewis

Rep. Mike Pence's decision to skip the 2012 presidential contest in favor of a likely run for Indiana governor is probably a smart move. We don't elect lowly members of Congress to the presidency in ...

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Hispanics Are Likely to Play Larger Role in Next Elections

By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa

With historic victories in the midterm elections, Hispanics flexed their growing political muscle, helping elect -- and defeat -- well-known top-tier candidates in places like California and Nevada, ...

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From the State Capitals: Governors Offer Inaugural Views

By Carla Baranauckas

Thirty-seven governors are beginning new terms and taking the oath of office in December or January. Following are excerpts from their inaugural addresses. (Click on the name of the governor to see ...

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2010 Elections and Pro-Life Women: A Correction for Modern Feminism

By Marjorie Dannenfelser

The 2010 elections represent not just a good result for pro-life female candidates, but a good result for all women. The reason is simple: Since 1992, which liberal groups dubbed the Year of the ...

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Why the Next Republican VP Nominee Will Likely Be Hispanic

By Matt Lewis

Pencil it in: The next GOP vice presidential nominee will be Hispanic. That's my prediction, at least. There are primarily two reasons for this. First, of course, is math: Hispanics represent a ...

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May 27, 2012

Hasten: From Playboy honors to jet-setting governor

Source: The Town Talk - Alexandria LA

That's been the game legislators have been playing at the Capitol all session as the governor has been jetting across the country delivering speeches and attending fundraisers for other states' Republican parties and governors.

May 24, 2012

N.M. Gov. Susana Martinez, husband OK after plane's hard landing

Source: Politico

A spokesman for New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says she and her husband were not injured when a small private airplane carrying them to Santa Fe landed without its gears down.

May 21, 2012

NM governor to honor law officers, public workers

Source: Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe NM

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez will be kicking off a week of events to honor law enforcement officers, public employees and other heroes.

May 21, 2012

Who's Afraid of Susana Martinez?

Source: Townhall.com

"I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform," Martinez told reporter Andrew Romano.

May 16, 2012

Susana Martinez's veep suicide

Source: Salon.com

Brewer makes it clear from the first line that it is not really "we," as in the collective Arizona populace, but she who has been unfairly treated by the "liberal" media and President Obama, in particular, in the aftermath of Arizona's defiant legislative act.