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OPINION: New Mexico deserves a governor who has done this before

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When I was first elected mayor of Rio Rancho in 2014, the city was in what I can only describe as full-on stagnation. Businesses weren't coming. Roads weren't being fixed. Intel 鈥 one of our largest employers 鈥 had one foot out the door. The population had flatlined. For a lot of people, Rio Rancho was just a bedroom community, a place you drove through on your way somewhere else.

I refused to accept that.

Over the next 12 years, we got to work. We fixed roads. We doubled the police budget and made Rio Rancho one of the safest cities in New Mexico. We cut red tape, made it easier for businesses to open their doors, and built relationships with employers who were simply looking for a community that wanted a place with predictable regulations and a government that partnered with them rather than pushed them away. Intel didn't just stay 鈥 it grew. New businesses came. New families came. Tens of thousands of people looked at what Rio Rancho was becoming and said: That's where I want to raise my family

By the time I left office, Rio Rancho had earned national recognition as one of the best places to live for families in the entire country. It had become the fastest-growing city in New Mexico 鈥 and was closing in on being the second largest.

I'm not telling that story to take a victory lap. I'm telling it because New Mexico needs that story right now.

Our state is bleeding people and opportunity. Young New Mexicans 鈥 our own children and grandchildren 鈥 are leaving for states that offer better jobs, better schools and a real shot at a future. The same challenges I inherited in Rio Rancho are playing out across New Mexico today: stagnant growth, public safety concerns that don't get addressed and an education system that too often lets kids down before they ever get a chance.

I believe New Mexico's best days are ahead of us. But it will take the kind of leadership that has actually delivered results 鈥 not promises, but a track record.

That's why I'm running for governor.

I want to thank Doug Turner for his support and his gracious endorsement following the Republican primary. Doug ran a strong campaign, and I have enormous respect for the passion he brought to this race and the ideas he put forward for our state. His backing means a great deal to me, and it reflects something I've believed all along: That Republicans who care about New Mexico can and will come together around a shared vision for making this state better.

But let me be honest about something. I'm not just running to win a Republican primary. I'm running to be the governor of all New Mexico.



I want to earn the vote of every Republican who cast their ballot for someone else in June. I want to earn the vote of every independent who has grown frustrated watching their state fall further behind while career politicians offer more of the same. And yes 鈥 I want to earn the vote of Democrats who know, deep down, that something needs to change.

This isn't about party. It's about results.

The families who moved to Rio Rancho during my time as mayor didn't move there because of my party registration. They moved there because it was becoming a safe, affordable, opportunity-rich community where their kids could get a good education and where they could build a life. That's what I want for every corner of this state 鈥 from Albuquerque to Artesia, from Gallup to Carlsbad

New Mexico has enormous potential. We have stunning natural resources, a resilient and hardworking people, and a geographic and economic position that should make us a magnet for the industries and jobs of the next generation. What we've been missing is leadership that knows how to unlock it.

I've done it before. In a city that was written off, we built something worth being proud of.

I'm asking New Mexicans 鈥 all New Mexicans 鈥 to give me the chance to do it for our state.

Gregg Hull is the Republican nominee for governor of New Mexico. He was mayor of Rio Rancho from 2014 to 2026.