2018 NM Governor's race: on Jobs

Michelle Lujan-Grisham: Opposes right-to-work law (supports unions)

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): No, opposes.

Steve Pearce (R): Yes, supports.

Michelle Lujan-Grisham: Raise minimum wage to $10 now & $12 later

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Supports raising to $10 immediately, & to $12 in 4 years, indexed to inflation.

Steve Pearce (R): No. Raising the minimum wage would hurt small business & people at the bottom of the economic ladder.

Steve Pearce: Enact right-to-work law (no automatic union dues)

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): No, opposes.

Steve Pearce (R): Yes, supports.

Steve Pearce: Raising minimum wage hurts small businesses

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Supports raising to $10 immediately, & to $12 in 4 years, indexed to inflation.

Steve Pearce (R): No. Raising the minimum wage would hurt small business & people at the bottom of the economic ladder.

Jeff Apodaca: Turn New Mexico around: equal pay for women

• 225,000 New Jobs for New Mexico
• $1.8 billion in new tax revenue annually
• Equal pay for women
• Reinstate the Commission on the Status of Women
• Higher wages for all New Mexicans
• 3% annual raise for state employees
• Medicare for all New Mexicans
• Pay increase for teachers and education support staff
• 41,000 new trade skill jobs
• Year-round preschool
• Early family intervention
• Job training for telecommuting jobs
• 300 new doctors
• 3,200 new nurses
• 1,600 new physician's assistants
• Earned family and medical leave
• Grow and expand our middle-class

Michelle Lujan-Grisham: Increase minimum wage to $10 and then higher in the future

Lujan Grisham, a three-term member of the U.S. House from Albuquerque, is one of four Democrats running for governor. She included both the minimum wage hike and the proposed changes to the film rebate program in a newly-released economic plan. "We need to create jobs right away in order to jump-start New Mexico's economy," Lujan Grisham said in announcing the plan.

New Mexico has not increased its $7.50-an-hour minimum wage since 2009, though Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Las Cruces have all enacted minimum wages that are higher than the state's base rate. In her plan, Lujan Grisham said she would push to increase the minimum wage to $10 per hour in 2019, and then raise it again to $12 per hour by 2023. Future increases would be tied to inflation.

Susana Martinez: Vetoed minimum wage law; it would kill jobs

Martinez vetoed two minimum wage bills this year. She also struck down 2013 legislation that would have increased the minimum wage to $8.50 an hour, saying at the time that the bill would "kill New Mexico jobs."

As for the film incentive program, New Mexico offers a 25% tax rebate to film companies for most direct, in-state expenditures, though long-running television programs are eligible for an additional 5% credit--or 30% in all. Martinez signed legislation in 2011 that enacted an annual $50 million limit on annual film rebate spending, which had been steadily increasing in previous years.

Jeff Apodaca: Raise minimum wage, starting at $10