Gov. Susana Martinez’s bipartisan portrayal riles some state Democrats

By Steve Terrell, The Santa Fe New Mexican

Since her trip to New Jersey to campaign for Gov. Chris Christie last week, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has received a lot of national press, with many reports describing her as a “blue state” governor who knows how to reach across the aisle and work with a Democratic Legislature.

“Like [Christie], Martinez is young moderate in a blue-leaning state who has worked with a Democratic legislature …” said a Christian Science Monitor article Wednesday about Christie’s landslide re-election victory Tuesday.

But in New Mexico, some wonder whether the governor portrayed in the national media is the same Susana Martinez they know. At the least, they paint a picture less rosy than the ones published outside the state extolling her bipartisan success.

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