Right.

Well, the big boxes that we had to check were, you know, is New Mexico ready to take a different direction? Because we've seen the same direction for a long, long time.

And we continue to talk about the problems, but we don't seem to elect anybody that actually fixes the problems, right? So, well, I think New Mexicans are at a place where they're tired of hearing that we're 50th in that, 50th in this, first in the worst on a lot of things.

And, you know, quite frankly, I felt like it was my time to step forward.

I had been talked about it many times in the past, and I was like, no, it's not the right time.

It's not the right time.

Well, the fact that we didn't have an incumbent governor this year, I thought it was the best opportunity.

reading levels

We can't wait to get to

eight.

And you've got communities all over the state that are well over eight, like Las Cruces and some other places.

But that being said, we grew the economy, Eddie.

We grew the economy.

And as we grew the economy, instead of budgeting every penny in reoccurring expenses...

We took the dollars, we set them aside, and then we paid cash for stuff as opposed to putting it on the credit card.

How are we going to improve health care beyond just dealing with the tort reform that happened this year? Well,