NM Republican candidate for governor talks health care, economy at newspaper’s town hall meeting

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: March 26, 2026

Words: 1,057

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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Almost as soon as New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Duke Rodriguez took the stage at the Albuquerque Journal’s ongoing town hall series Wednesday, he faced the question that’s plagued his campaign for months: Does he live in Arizona or New Mexico?

Rodriguez — a former state cabinet secretary under then-Gov. Gary Johnson, hospital executive and cannabis CEO — told a crowd in the newspaper’s auditorium that he believes the state Constitution allows for candidates to …

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