Lujan Grisham wants 'all-new set of regents' at the University of New Mexico

Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham wants a brand new board of regents at the University of New Mexico if she wins the race for governor.

"I think that it's time that we have an all-new set of regents. I mean, there is a lot of hostility there," Lujan Grisham told SFR in meeting on Thursday. "I want qualified regents who are clear that their job is both to hold the university accountable, but to [also] make it succeed. … You don't work for me, you work for the university."

"If that university is not doing very well, I'm going to ask you why it's not," she continued, noting the regents aren't supposed to be political. "I can't stand it. It's awful."

The school's board of regents has come under fire in the waning years of Gov. Susana Martinez' administration for a series of decisions ranging from the elimination of sports programs to its handling of sexual assault investigations to its power struggles with the school's Health Sciences Center. The next governor will get to appoint five new regents for the seven-member board due to terms expiring.

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