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Michelle Lujan Grisham: “Twenty percent of New Mexicans live in poverty, 28 percent of New Mexico children live in poverty, second highest in the…”

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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