Republican State Representative Rebecca Dow of Truth or Consequences has made it official: she's running for New Mexico Governor in 2022. Dow has represented District 38 in the New Mexico House since 2017. If she wins the GOP primary, she will challenge incumbent Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.
“We are New Mexicans,” Dow said in a written statement. “When there’s work to be done, we do it. When there are problems to solve, we solve them. As a state, we have never experienced more dire conditions than we are currently struggling through right now. Our children are going uneducated and unequipped for further schooling or jobs at best, and they are literally dying at worst. I refuse to get one more call that a child died from neglect and poor conditions. I will not let one more business suffer under draconian shutdown measures. I refuse to let power hungry career politicians like our Governor keep dragging us down to the bottom of every list. I know the people of New Mexico, and I know they deserve much better than this, so I’m stepping up to lead us, for the first time in a long time, in the right direction. It’s time for change."
At least two other candidates have announced plans to run in the GOP primary for New Mexico Governor: Wealth manager Greg Zanetti, a former New Mexico National Guard Brigadier General, and Sandoval County Commissioner Jay Block.