The last time the city of Albuquerque had a new mayor, Bill Clinton was in the White House, and Gary Johnson was walking the halls of the Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Martin Chavez has run city hall for the last 12 years, but he says the job is far from finished. On this week’s “New Mexico in Focus” co-host David Alire Garcia and Mayor Chavez will have a candid conversation about Chavez’s unprecedented run for a fourth term in office, plus what his top priorities would be if he is re-elected.
Garcia will also referee a debate on health care between two New Mexico experts from opposite sides of the debate. Joining Garcia will be health care expert Carol Miller and Paul Gessing, the president of the Rio Grande Foundation.
“New Mexico in Focus” will air on KNME-TV, channel 5.1 in Albuquerque on Friday, July 24 at 7 p.m. and repeat on Sunday, July 26 at 6:30 am.
Then co-host Gene Grant and “The Line” panel will weigh in on other top news stories this week. Grant will be joined by Whitney Waite Cheshire, Jim Scarantino, University of New Mexico Professor Teresa Cordova and UNM Professor Margaret Montoya.
“New Mexico in Focus” is produced by Kevin McDonald and Kathy Wimmer and closed captioning has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.
Media Contact: Evy Todd, (505) 277-1218; e-mail: etodd@knme.org