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New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez.
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez. | (Photo: Public Domain)

Susana Martinez garnered two notable milestones in 2010, when she became the first female governor of New Mexico and the first Latino governor in the United States of America.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times in 2013, Martinez stressed the importance of regular outreach by the GOP to the nation's growing Latino community.

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"It's extremely important that we elect people that look like the population they serve," said Martinez in 2013.

"We have to make sure that as Republicans we don't just visit Latinos during election time, but that we make them part of the solution."

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