2026 New Mexico State of the State Address
Opening for Governor's State of the State
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Opening for Governor's State of the State
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2026 New Mexico State of the State Address
Opening for Governor's State of the State
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(upbeat music) -I wonder where she is?
- You know, she's always late.
- Apparently since she's become an elected official time really doesn't matter.
Well, maybe that's the case.
She'll show up in a little bit, I'm sure.
- Oh, here she is.
- Ooh, surprise.
- I'm late.
Michelle, how can you accomplish anything when you are literally late to everything?
- You know, it may surprise everybody, but Michelle was never late to a cabinet meeting.
I guess she really cared.
- I guess you really cared about your job.
- Or I was terrified.
- Or terrified.
- I wouldn't have fired her.
You know what, Gary, I never had to fire anybody for being late because everybody understood they had to be on time and everybody was on time.
But you were draconian man, you were draconian.
Thank you for the compliments.
Thank you.
Not a compliment.
And thank you for that, Jerry.
I appreciate it.
I think it's governor Anaya.
Hey governor Anaya.
Let me put you on speaker.
Hey Michelle.
Good luck with your last big speech today.
Make it count and try not to drink too much coffee.
Oh Tony too late for that.
26 cups a day.
I try to get to 30.
It takes a lot to fuel the kind of energy that you all remember is required to do these jobs.
But right here as you all know at Tia Sophia's at this very table is where for decades all the big decisions for New Mexico have been made and it's been over the best huevos in town.
It's where leaders from both parties have come together time and time again to set a vision for our great state.
Well, in my last year in a special session we restructured the workers' compensation system and set a model for the entire country.
And we overcame a massive budget deficit and we did it without raising taxes and all the while dropping the unemployment rate by three percentage points.
We had a budget surplus every single year.
Really proud of the fact that we put the issues that should be on the front burner, on the front burner regardless of the political consequences.
And my advice for you, Michelle, which is really kind of the funniest thing about this whole meeting that you would take my advice, but veto anything that simply adds time and money to the lives of New Mexicans and doesn't make a single difference in their lives.
And think about it, Michelle, you love a special session.
A veto can cause a special session.
Call your friends back in anytime.
I do love a special session.
It's true.
But only if one of you, particularly you, lends me your infamous veto pen.
And Michelle, I will remind you that my cabinet chipped in for my veto pen.
So you having contributed to that, which I know you had to have contributed to it, you are welcome to that.
You are a partial owner.
All right, well, I love that.
You got it.
I'm going to do it.
But sincerely, thank you, all of you, for your incredible public service and for sharing a bold vision for New Mexico, because it takes all of us to achieve that.
I know you're busy and it means a lot to me that you are here.
And I do want to also thank you for your incredible leadership and your collective public service.
Ditto, ditto.
Thank you.
We appreciate your invitation and thank you for the recognition of what past governors have done in the state of New Mexico.
Because in fact, it takes all of us to do the work and I'm grateful.
And speaking of that.
Oh God.
Oh, oh, oh.
I am late.
I am so late.
But I'm taking my coffee.
I will see you back at this table.
Next week, same time.
¡Hasta luego!
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