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Lieutenant governor candidates respond with essays

Primary elections are June 1 in New Mexico.

The state has three Republican candidates running for lieutenant governor. Five Democrats are seeking the post.

We recently invited all to write a 300-word response to the question: How will you make New Mexicans’ lives better as lieutenant governor?

Democrats Brian Colon, Lawrence Rael and Gerald Ortiz Pino declined to participate. Here are the other responses: