Matt Rush: It is Time for a New Generation

Matt Rush

From NMPolitics.net - Matt Rush says it’s time for a younger generation to take the reins of state government. The Republican nominee for state commissioner of public lands is 36, and he says it’s time for his generation to “stand up” as New Mexico approaches its 100th anniversary in 2012. “I don’t think there is anyone out there who would stand up and say New Mexico has reached its full potential,” Rush said during a recent interview in Las Cruces. “… People who have served in the past, thank you, but it’s time for new leaders.” In talking about those who have served in the past, Rush is referring at least in part to his Democratic opponent, Ray Powell, who was land commissioner from 1993 to 2002 and wants the job again. Rush is sounding what has become a familiar theme in the 2010 election cycle, saying voters need to elect people who aren’t “career politicians.” Rush is a fourth-generation farmer and rancher in Roosevelt County, and he also does leadership training, consulting and motivational speaking for agriculture and corporate clients in a number of states. He’s an unabashed defender of the oil and gas and agriculture industries. Rush said the land office can be more than an office that collects royalties from leasing state trust land: It can promote those industries. Read more here:

Matt Rush: It is Time for a New Generation