I've got a bit of an independent streak. I'm not afraid of bipartisan compromise on issues that are important to the nation.

New Mexico has been, in the past, a swing state.

I support legal immigration. I don't support amnesty because it is not fair to people standing in line at consulates around the world.

The H-1B visa program which helps sustain our rapidly growing economy and also helps meet the health care needs of families living in rural New Mexico.

Primaries are a family fight. I'm a pro-free enterprise, pro-Second Amendment, pro-life Republican.

When you increase the cost of energy, jobs go elsewhere.

After Vietnam, the Democrats became fundamentally the anti-military as a party.

I am considering running for Senate, as well as other opportunities.

Unlike many graduate fellowships, the Rhodes seeks leaders who will 'fight the world's fight.' They must be more than mere bookworms. We are looking for students who wonder, students who are reading widely, students of passion who are driven to make a difference in the lives of those around them and in the broader world.

I support legal immigration.

I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government.