IT’S STILL EARLY, BUT SO FAR NO REPUBLICANS HAVE ENTERED THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR IN 2018. POLITICAL ANALYST JOE MONAHAN SAYS THERE MAY BE A REASON FOR THAT. HE SAYS AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF REPUBLICAN RULE, THE STATE SEEMS POISED TO RETURN TO DEMOCRATIC RULE. IT WAS THE SAME SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN NEW MEXICO VOTERS CHOSE A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AFTER A DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION.
MONAHAN SAYS ANOTHER FACTOR IS MONEY…WITH EVEN A PRIMARY CAMPAIGN COSTING TWO MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE.
TWO DEMOCRATS HAVE THROWN THEIR HATS INTO THE RING SO FAR…CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM AND FORMER T.V. EXECUTIVE JEFF APODACA.
