[CedarDave]

Democratic candidate King remarked during the campaign that Susana Martinez "does not have a Latino heart." In a clumsy attempt at paraphrasing a Hispanic civil rights leader, King warned his audience against voting for Martinez just because of her Hispanic surname. Given her margin of victory, either some of them did just that or were pissed off by his comment, or both.

And, no, she is not interested in running for national office in 2016.

[dfwgator]

She isn’t interested now, but she is going to be very much in demand.

[Maelstorm]

It would’ve been nice if she’d spent some time helping down ticket races but for some reason Governors like her and Christie don’t seem to think growing the party numbers in their home states is important. Its not just them but its a bad pattern I see where top of the ticket manages to slide through by double digits and down ticket lose by single digits.

[OneBob]

I had the pleasure of meeting her last summer up in Red River, NM. She was holding a private meet and greet, we stumbled across it and talked our way in. She was very friendly & joked with us, once she found out we were from IL.
I’d post a picture if I knew how to do it.

[goldstategop]

She’s a conservative running in a very blue state.

Same state re-elected Democrat Tom Udall to the Senate.

[Spaulding]

And Suzanna, unlike the other Hispanic potential candidates being discussed, has not only run a State, she is a natural born citizen, both of her parents were citizens when she was born in the U.S., an issue both parties would like us to forget.

She is also a no-nonsense guardian of the law, having worked at her parent’s security firm in her younger days, and obviously has real management experience running her state. She could appoint Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court. If Roberts is impeached by Congress - the Senate - as provided for by the Constitution, for swearing in a man who honestly told us all that he is a naturalized citizen (”I wss born a subject of the British Commonwealth because my father was a British subject; by the 1948 British Nationality Act, I was also a British Subject”), she could appoint the estimable Ted Cruz Chief Justice.

I would vote for Suzanna based upon her character alone; her having Hispanic origins is will probably bring her more votes, but she represents what this nation means to most who come here, and many who’d like to.

[ansel12]

Another one that Palin helped create.

[Wuli]

Maybe some “Hispanics” saw the Dim candidate’s paternalistic attitude toward them for what it is - you’re Hispanics, Hispanics vote for Dims, you should vote for me - and resented it. And they likely saw Martinez did not try to pander to them as “Hispanics”, but as individuals with individual concerns - “Hispanic” or not.

[BobL]

Dirty little secret in New Mexico:

47% of the people living there are Hispanic. I guess they don’t bother following what’s required of them and ONLY voting Democrat. Obviously if she won by 16%, she go a LOT of Hispanic votes.

Same thing happened in Texas, by the way. The Republicans here (in Texas), and Ms. Martinez seem to do JUST FINE being associated with a party that opposes Amnesty and Open Borders.

[CedarDave]

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[Jane Long]

Great report! We have friends who just moved to Bernalillo County (from TX)...maybe they were of some help!