Episode 302: How Rio Rancho’s Mayor Wants To Fix New Mexico

New Mexico is full of smart, hardworking people, so why does the state keep settling for broken systems and bottom-of-the-list outcomes? We bring in Gregg Hull, the longtime mayor of Rio Rancho and the Republican nominee for governor, to make the case that competence is a policy and that Rio Rancho’s track record can scale statewide if leaders stop chasing sound bites and start delivering measurable results.

We talk through the toughest issues voters bring up first: crime, fentanyl, homelessness, and behavioral health. Hull lays out a “community solutions” approach that pairs enforcement with the resources cities actually need, and we press him on what a governor can do when local leaders claim they’ve got it handled while residents see open-air drug use and encampments growing. We also dig into bail reform and the political reality of working with a legislature that often resists undoing its own unintended consequences.

Then we shift to flashpoints that shape trust in government: sanctuary city policy and immigration enforcement, voter ID and election integrity, and the CYFD controversy involving a 15-year-old sent across the border unescorted. Hull calls for a full investigation and a top-to-bottom review focused on child safety first. We close with the economic and education agenda, including eliminating the New Mexico state income tax, auditing fraud and waste, defending oil and gas as a major driver of revenue, and pushing early literacy plus career technical education so students can graduate into real opportunity.

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