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RoundhouseA Political Life  \nbBRUCE KINGtollto-Gnazes Poling  \n量0FarminonoraN  \n3sdf  \nIn The RoundhouseA Political LifeBRUCE KING  \nas told to Charles Poling  \nFarmington Public Library2101 Farmington AvenueFarmington,NM 87401  \nSANTA FE  \nNew Mexico  \n◎1998 by Bruce King.All rights reserved.  \nPrinted and bound in the United States of America.No part of this book may be reproducedin any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage andretrieval systems,without permission in writing from the publisher,except bya reviewer whomay quote brief passages in a review.  \nSunstone books may be purchased for educational,business,or sales promotional use.Forinformation please write:Special Markets Department,Sunstone Press,PO.Box 2321,Santa Fe,New Mexico 87504-2321.  \nPrinted on acid-free paper四  \neBook 978-1-61139-972-1  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data:  \nKing,Bruce,1924-  \nCowboy in the roundhouse:a political life/by Bruce King as told to Charles Poling.一1st edition  \nP.cm.  \nIncludes index.  \nISBN 0-86534-280-6(hard:alk.paper)ISBN 978-1-63293-083-5(soft:alk.paper)  \n1.King,Bruce,1924 .2.Governors—New Mexico—Biography.3.New Mexico—Politics and government—1951-4.United States—Politics and government—1945-1989.  \n5.United States—Politics and government—1989-I.Poling,Charles.II.Title.  \nF801.4.K56K561998  \n978.9'053'092—dc21  \n[B]  \n98-37896  \nCIP  \nContents  \nAcknowledgements /4  \nForeword/5  \n1 A New Day in Politics /9  \n2 You Don’t Vote'Maybe'/40  \n3 Speaker of the House /66  \n4 Fighting for a New Constitution /89  \n5 Corny Jokes and Baloney Sandwiches/108  \n6 Taking the Reins of State Government/119  \n7 Smoothing the Ground /153  \n8 Keeping the Plow Straight/174  \n9 My Style of Governing/194  \n10 Home on the Range,But Not for Long/212  \n11 Back in the Saddle Again /232  \n12 Building Trust and Border Crossings /260  \n13 Running Again /281  \n14 In the Best Interests /296  \n15 The Greatest Accomplishment/338  \nEpilogue/353  \nIndex/355  \nAcknowledgements  \nMany people contributed their efforts and expertise to this book.I am par-ticularly grateful to Virginia Sears and the late Paul Sears for their earlyinterest in helping me write a book about my political life.I began thismanuscript in the mid-1980s,when Paul started to tape my story.He alsointerviewed Jim Baca,Raymond Sanchez,Linda Kehoe,and Kay Marr whilegathering background material on my early career.Melissa Howard helpedorganize and edit those early transcripts,which lay untouched until CharlesPoling approached me in 1996 about writing a book on my political life.  \nWe expanded on these earlier materials to include the events since mysecond administration.During writing this phase,others provided informa-tion to Charles and me,including Bill Garcia,Caroline Gaston,Gary King,John McKean,and Chuck Spath.John Garcia and Tony Hillerman deservecredit for urging Charles to pursue the project,while his father,The RevDavid Poling,provided advice and counsel as the manuscript developed.Iam grateful to Charles for his help in crafting the manuscript into its presentform.We both wish to thank all the State of New Mexico employees whohelped,especially those at the State Library,the Secretary of State's office,and the Capitol.  \nFinally,I am eternally indebted to my wife,Alice King,for herongoing support and her keen insights during the writing of this book.Her presence can be felt on every page.  \n—Bruce King,Stanley,New Mexico,September 1998.  \n# Foreword\n\nWhile I count myself among the many who wanted Bruce King to write anautobiography,I doubt if any of us had much hope he'd get around to doingit.Now he has and it's even better than we'd expected.We had feared Gover-nor King's famous aversion to speaking ill of anyone(even during electioncampaigns)would cause him to gloss over interesting battles that marked hiscareer in New Mexico politics.We should have known better.King 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