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On the recordMay 23, 2017
Twenty percent of New Mexicans live in poverty, 28 percent of New Mexico children live in poverty, second highest in the Nation.
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Michelle Lujan Grisham
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan Grisham addresses poverty rates in New Mexico.

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