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Michelle Lujan Grisham<\/p><\/div>\n
“We won’t solve our problems overnight. It’s why this is a beginning,” Grisham says in a campaign video posted online<\/a>. “But for the last six years, with a governor who refused to acknowledge the problems even exist, we haven’t been able to solve anything.”<\/p>\n Grisham\u00a0referred to the state’s high unemployment, poverty, and drug addiction rates; “struggling schools;” and “seniors and families who are afraid for their safety and feel left being by the failed policies of the last six years” — a reference to the tenure of current Gov. Susana Martinez, a Republican who is term-limited from running again in 2018.<\/p>\n “When it comes to standing up for people who are being hurt or taken advantage of, I’ll never stop fighting, and I never give up,” Grisham says in the video.<\/p>\n The Democratic primary race for governor could be crowded. Others who say they’re considering joining the race<\/a>\u00a0include\u00a0N.M. Attorney General Hector Balderas, Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales, state Rep. Joseph Cervantes of Las Cruces, and\u00a0Alan Webber \u2014 who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2014 and today runs the think tank One New Mexico<\/a>.<\/p>\n Grisham’s early entry into the governor’s race\u00a0could be an attempt to discourage other Democrats from running. It also sets up a potentially hot battle for Grisham’s seat\u00a0in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018.<\/p>\n