{"id":4620,"date":"2014-10-09T15:29:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T15:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=4620"},"modified":"2020-06-02T10:25:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:25:51","slug":"one-on-one-interviews-with-democrat-hector-balderas-and-republican-susan-riedel-gene-grant-finding-your-roots-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/one-on-one-interviews-with-democrat-hector-balderas-and-republican-susan-riedel-gene-grant-finding-your-roots-history\/","title":{"rendered":"One-on-one Interviews with Democrat Hector Balderas and Republican Susan Riedel,  Gene Grant &#8220;Finding Your Roots&#8221; History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25% ; height: 0;\">\n<iframe style='position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;' id='partnerPlayer' frameborder='0' marginwidth='0' marginheight='0' scrolling='no' width='100%' height='100%' src='http:\/\/video.pbs.org\/partnerplayer\/c2vrbTrHTPpCjaGh5m0Cmg%3D%3D\/?autoplay=false&#038;start=0&#038;end=0&#038;chapterbar=false&#038;topbar=false&#038;endscreen=true'><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>This week on New Mexico in Focus, Correspondent Gwyneth Doland continues our series of one-on-one interviews with candidates competing in November&#8217;s general election. She talks with the two candidates running for Attorney General this week, Democrat Hector Balderas and Republican Susan Riedel. Balderas is the current State Auditor and Riedel served as Chief Deputy District Attorney in Las Cruces for 14 years.<\/p>\n<p>And host Gene Grant finds out some surprising facts about his personal history when we bring a local spin to &#8220;Finding Your Roots,&#8221; the popular PBS show hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr., where Gates helps people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations in the branches of their family trees. Gene also talks with three of New Mexico&#8217;s leading genealogists, Henrietta Christmas and Ruth Randall, and Angel Cervantes, director of the New Mexico DNA Project, who will help us understand New Mexico&#8217;s unique history.<\/p>\n<p>The Line opinion panel discusses the race for New Mexico Attorney General and dissects the interviews with the candidates in this episode. The panelists also discuss the Congressional District 1 debate airing this week on KNME between U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham and challenger Mike Frese.<\/p>\n<p>Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland                <\/p>\n<p>Guests:<br \/>\nHector Balderas \/ Democratic Attorney General Candidate<br \/>\nAngel Cervantes \/Director, New Mexico DNA Project<br \/>\nHenrietta Christmas \/ NM Genealogical Society<br \/>\nRuth Randall \/Certified Genealogist<br \/>\nSusan Riedel \/ Republican Attorney General Candidate<\/p>\n<p>Line Panelists:<br \/>\nSophie Martin \/ Attorney<br \/>\nRob Nikolewski \/ New Mexico Watchdog<\/p>\n<p>Guest Panelists:<br \/>\nAntoinette Sedillo Lopez \/ Enlace Communitario<br \/>\nStephen Spitz\/ KUNM&#8217;s New Mexico People Places and Ideas<\/p>\n<p>Host: Gene Grant<\/p>\n<p>The Producers of NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS are Megan Kamerick and Floyd Vasquez. Associate Producer is Kathy Wimmer. Funding for this program was provided in part by the McCune Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Episode 813 for air October 10, 2014<\/p>\n<p><em>RESOURCES:<\/em><br \/>\nExplore the relationships between identity, genetic ancestry, and health among New Mexicans of Spanish-speaking descent on the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/heritagenm.unm.edu\/\">HERITAGE NEW MEXICO<\/a><\/strong> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on New Mexico in Focus, Correspondent Gwyneth Doland continues our series of one-on-one interviews with candidates competing in November&#8217;s general election. She talks with the two candidates running for Attorney General this week, Democrat Hector Balderas and Republican Susan Riedel. 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