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Ken Miyagishima has had a long career in politics in southern New Mexico, winning nearly every election he has run. He served an unprecedented four terms as mayor of Las Cruces from 2007 through 2023 following runs on the City Council and the Do帽a Ana County Board of Commissioners.

In all, Miyagishima spent over three decades holding public office before leaving City Hall. He also operates an insurance business with a specialty in real estate and has taught business courses for New Mexico State University.

Now, he is running for governor as an independent. Initially, he sought the Democratic nomination, but he left the primary in February after his fundraising trailed rivals Deb Haaland and Sam Bregman.

鈥淚n order to move the state forward, I feel that I have to be able to use policies from all parties, from all the people,鈥� he said during a Journal town hall event on Monday.

Yet he admitted that his first run for statewide office was all the more challenging without the support of a party organization, leaving him struggling in fundraising and access to candidate events. He has personally lent nearly half of the $105,000 his campaign has raised, and he ended the most recent reporting period with less than $1,500.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 enjoy being the underdog, because usually I鈥檓 the guy that they鈥檙e trying to knock out,鈥� he said. 鈥淗ere, I鈥檓 just trying to get my foot in the door.鈥�

Responding to questions from reporters, audience members and viewers online, Miyagishima repeatedly portrayed himself as an experienced dealmaker, brokering compromises among progressive and conservative positions and advocating for innovative, even unconventional, collaborations between the private and public sectors to extend affordable housing to more New Mexicans, encourage apprenticeships in essential trades and address persistent challenges with homelessness, health care and transportation for working families, particularly in rural parts of the state.

During the 90-minute Q&A, Miyagishima proposed establishing an auxiliary State Police contingent to supplement overwhelmed local police departments; tax relief for retired senior citizens; expanding New Mexico鈥檚 tourism and aerospace industries; breaking up the state鈥檚 beleaguered Children, Youth and Families Department; tapping into brackish water resources in an increasingly parched state; and building affordable housing with nonviolent offenders in prison learning construction-related trades.

Miyagishima also weighed in on some hot topics, including the expansion of data centers in and close to New Mexico. He indirectly criticized the swift approval of public incentives for Project Jupiter, a massive data center complex under construction in his home county when he said that in his experience, companies seeking support for beneficial industrial projects 鈥渟pent their time sharing with the public because they were proud of it. 鈥� When you have an organization that likes to run it very, very fast, that tells me there is something wrong here, and I don鈥檛 like that.鈥�

Yet on another issue that has drawn intense debate 鈥� immigration detention facilities serving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 鈥� Miyagishima pivoted away from ethical disputes to the centers鈥� economic value.

Miyagishima鈥檚 own father and grandfather were held in U.S. internment camps for Japanese people during World War II, yet he brushed moral comparisons aside, signaling a willingness to work with federal agencies on detention operations. He also pledged to work for repeal of the Immigrant Safety Act, a new law forbidding counties from leasing public facilities for immigration detention. Miyagishima said local communities depended on revenue from ICE detention facilities.

鈥淵ou take that away, that鈥檚 their only job,鈥� he said.

He rested his case for governor on being a solution-oriented dealmaker in the Governor鈥檚 Office, untethered to partisan politics, and he appealed to voters to recognize his decades of experience both in politics and business.

鈥淚 believe that I am the most qualified person to be governor of New Mexico,鈥� he said at the event鈥檚 conclusion. 鈥淚 have seen a lot of things that have worked and I鈥檝e seen a lot of things that haven鈥檛. 鈥� I know that we can move the needle, and if I can鈥檛 move the needle, I will not stand for re-election.鈥�

Algernon 顿鈥橝尘尘补蝉蝉补 is the Journal鈥檚 southern New Mexico correspondent. He can be reached at adammassa@abqjournal.com.