Bill Richardson, a timeline: 1947-2023

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Sep. 2 -- Bill Richardson became New Mexico's 30th governor in January 2003 after 14 years of representing the state's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives and serving under President Bill Clinton as United States ambassador to the United Nations and secretary of energy.
61% :1997 -- President Clinton names Richardson ambassador of the United Nations.
61% : Announces that he wants to turn New Mexico into the Saudi Arabia of renewable energy and creates the Clean Energy Development Council.
40% : Travels to North Korea to urge Pyongyang to shut down a nuclear reactor and bring back the remains of six American soldiers from the Korean War; signs law making New Mexico the 12th state to legalize marijuana for medical reasons.
36% : Signs bill to repeal the state's death penalty, making New Mexico the nation's 15th state without capital punishment.

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