A biography for Susana Martinezhasn’t been written yet.
“In many ways, Mitt Romney and I are very different. Different starts in life. Different paths to leadership. Different cultures.”
“'Self-deport?' What the heck does that mean?”
“During my administration, we've welcomed a broad and diverse group of industries to New Mexico, including high-tech and traditional manufacturing, health care, information technology and finance. Some are homegrown New Mexico companies; others are global leaders in their industries.”
“I was a prosecutor for 25 years. I saw so many 15, 16, even 20 year-olds who could not read, had little hope that they would ever find work, faced more challenges than opportunities in life, dropped out of school at some point, and turned to crime.”
“My father was a security guard. I was a security guard.”
“Too many Americans are out of work, and our debt is out of control.”
“As a border prosecutor, I've put criminals behind bars who worked for some of the most violent cartels in the world.”
“My parents grew that small business from one 18-year-old guarding a bingo to more than 125 employees in three states. And sure, there was help along the way. But my parents took the risk. They stood up. And you better believe they built it.”
“When I was a young prosecutor, I got called to testify against my boss. I could have backed down, but I didn't. I stood up to him. And he fired me for it.”
“Latinos care about education, yes, so we need reform, not just money.”
“My parents were Democrats.”
“Unfortunately, New Mexico depends significantly on federal dollars. We have four military bases here in New Mexico. We have two national labs that are very important to our national defense.”
“I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursue. I prosecuted child abuse and child homicide cases. Cases that were truly gut-wrenching. But standing up for those kids, being their voice for justice was the honor of a lifetime.”
“The big corporations have a team of lawyers and accountants to help them. It's the small businesses, the mom and pop shops, that get lost in the layers of red tape.”
“I've known where my heritage is from all along.”
“Raising taxes does nothing to allow the economy to recover.”
“Criminals take advantage of weak laws, like giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.”
“We talked about many issues, like welfare, is it the way of life or hand up? Talked about size of government, how much should it tax families and small businesses? And when we left that lunch, we got in the car and I looked over at Chuck and said, 'I'll be damned. we're Republicans.'”
“My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be.”
“I didn't have a whole lot of role models to say, 'This much is possible, versus this much.' So I finally said, 'I think I'd like to be a mayor. I'd like to pull together a city and help do good things.'”