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Michelle Lujan Grisham

Governor of New Mexico (since January 2019, term-limited in 2026); signed the Feb. 25, 2025 BorderPlex Digital MOU committing state support to the Santa Teresa project that became Project Jupiter

verification: confirmed

Gov. of NM since 2019, term-limited 2026; niece of ex-HUD Sec. Manuel Lujan Jr.; signed the secret BorderPlex MOU ~Feb 2025. Appointed Keyes to EDD (2019)

Married to

Manuel "Manny" Cordova

Relationships · 1

AppointedAlicia Keyes

In the timeline · 3

Feb 25, 2025The MOU is signed — 207 days before the public vote Apr 8, 2025HB 93 is signed — Chapter 93 Nov 3, 2026The general election

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In the Watch · 5

documentBorderPlex–State of NM MOU (Feb 25 2025)

eventGov signs HB 137 Strategic Water Supply Act (Apr 2025)

documentGovernor's Feb 25 2025 BorderPlex press release

eventBorderPlex announces $5B Digital Infrastructure Campus (Mar 20 2025)

eventWQCC reverses itself on the WATR petition (Nov 14 2025)

Sources · 4

governmentOffice of the Governor — Feb. 25, 2025 press release announcing BorderPlex Digital partnership and MOU ($5B Santa Teresa campus, 1,000 jobs) ↗newsSanta Fe New Mexican — 'Behind-the-scenes deals in New Mexico paved the road to Project Jupiter' (details the Feb. 25, 2025 MOU she signed committing state policy support) ↗newshaussamen.com — 'Developer must guarantee Project Jupiter's rosy promises' (documents her MOU with BorderPlex chairman Lanham Napier, pledged state assistance, and HB 93 microgrid language she signed) ↗otherWikipedia — Michelle Lujan Grisham (biography: Governor since 2019, spouse Manuel Cordova) ↗

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