I had no idea.
Thanks for posting.
Many Conservatives do not realize that New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez was a registered Democrat until age 37.
She switched parties in 1996 and ran for District Attorney as a law-and-order Republican.
Martinez is frequently mentioned as a GOP Vice Presidential candidate in 2016.
Few Conservatives realize that 61% of Hispanics in New Mexico voted against her when she ran for governor in 2010, even though she has Mexican heritage on both sides of her family.
My money is on Walker—the race now is for VP slot Maybe Martinez? Maybe Mitt? Maybe Huckabee?
Susana Martinez told her story at the 2012 GOP National convention. She says she had been a Democrat, and a man (I can’t remember who, came and spoke to her and her husband about politics in general, and ‘why she was not really a Democrat - but in reality she was a Republican - because her political views skewed towards conservatism.
She said at the convention, that she then studied the policies of the GOP vs the Democrats, and realized it was true. That was when she changed her political affiliation to GOP.