Former longtime Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima formally launched his campaign for governor Tuesday, promising to make medical malpractice reform his top priority. "We're facing an epidemic of ...

El Rito Media News Services. The call by Democratic candidate for governor Ken Miyagishima for his primary opponents to forgo campaign contributions from trial attorneys is not getting any takers.

Miyagishima served as the longest tenured mayor of Las Cruces from 2007 to 2023, and now, he hopes to lead the state forward. “I’ve lived here since 1969, and I love New Mexico, and I want to ...

The former mayor of Las Cruces plans to make his gubernatorial bid official in a couple of weeks. Ken Miyagishima, a Democrat who served four terms as the city’s chief executive from 2007 to ...

Miyagishima won four consecutive elections as “Mayor Ken" in a fast-growing state university town, set on the Upper Rio Grande amid chili farms and pecan orchards, 50 miles (80 kilometers) north ...

Former longtime Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima is contemplating a run for governor of New Mexico. In a news release on Feb. 27, 2025, Miyagishima, 61, announced he formed an "exploratory ...

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- Former Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima is forming an exploratory committee to assess his potential candidacy for Governor of New Mexico.

Feb. 20—Former Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima could become the second candidate to join New Mexico's 2026 gubernatorial race, saying Thursday he has launched an exploratory committee to test ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Competition for the Democratic nomination for governor in New Mexico is heating up as former four-term Las Cruces mayor Ken Miyagishima launched a campaign with a centrist ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Competition for the Democratic nomination for governor in New Mexico is heating up as former four-term Las Cruces mayor Ken Miyagishima launched a campaign with a centrist ...