From the Wall Street Journal:

Lots of people want to talk about the historic nature of yesterday’s primary results for New Mexico governor. By easily winning their respective nominations last night, Democratic Lt. Gov Diane Denish and GOP prosecutor Susana Martinez have set up only the third woman-against-woman general election race for governor in history. Republicans also made history by nominating an all-Hispanic ticket, with John Sanchez, the party’s 2002 candidate for governor, joining Ms. Martinez as her running-mate for lieutenant governor.

But Ms. Martinez says she isn’t interested in talking about the historic nature of her bid, but rather in cleaning up a corrupt state. New Mexico’s image has only gotten worse in recent following the federal investigations of outgoing Governor Bill Richardson, who last year was forced to step aside as President Obama’s choice for commerce secretary over ethics controversies.

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