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SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has had an invisible companion while directing New Mexico’s coronavirus response efforts this summer: incessant national political speculation about her potential role in a Joe Biden administration. The first-term Democratic governor has been repeatedly mentioned as a possible vice presidential pick – Biden has said he will pick a female running mate – or Cabinet member. Unlike some candidates, Lujan Grisham has not rejected the speculation or said she would decline an offer, but she has also not publicly touted her own credentials. “It’s flattering, but I try to just keep focused here,”...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she will help make sure that racial- and ethnic-minority voters know about the potential benefits of electing Joe Biden as president. Asked Wednesday at an online news conference whether she would accept a potential invitation to run for vice president in November, Lujan Grisham said she is completely dedicated to her job as governor but also will provide specialized support to Biden's presidential campaign.

We haven’t heard much from the New Mexico gubernatorial race, but it looks like we’re missing an entertaining election, to say the least. Susana Martinez became the first Hispanic woman nominated for governor in any state by either major party when she won the Republican nomination this year, and is running against the first woman in New Mexico to be Lieutenant Governor, Diane Denish, who was Bill Richardson’s running mate. Despite Denish’s experience with the political master in Richardson, it doesn’t appear that she learned much during her tenure. Denish hit Martinez with an attack ad on education policy featuring...

BOSTON, Mass.— When Bill Richardson and his entourage move through Boston— the site of next month's Democratic National Convention— people notice. On Wednesday, Richardson, chairman of the convention, arrived for a quick visit to prepare for next month's event. The city's notorious rush-hour traffic jams relented, if only for a moment, to make way for the New Mexico governor's Massachusetts state police-powered motorcade. And when Richardson, a former minor league baseball pitcher, arrived at historic Fenway Park for a sold-out Red Sox game, team officials hustled him through the players' entrance to a second-row seat on the first baseline, where...