New Mexico Primary 2026: GOP governor candidate Duke Rodriguez

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: April 27, 2026

Words: 1,496

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Duke Rodriguez thinks he has the resume needed to move New Mexico’s troubled healthcare industry and physician shortage in the right direction.

He previously worked as chief operating officer of the Lovelace Health System, which today operates hospitals and clinics in the Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Roswell areas. He later joined then-Gov. Gary Johnson’s administration as secretary of the state Human Services Department, which is now called the Health Care Authority and administers programs such …

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