Republicans from around the state met February 26 to choose candidates for their party’s primary in June. Sandoval County Commissioner Jay Block of Rio Rancho came in first with partisan voters as their top choice to challenge Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s re-election. On the Republican primary ballot for governor, two other candidates gained sufficient votes: Rebecca Dow and Greg Zanetti. Yet another will be on the ballot because he had collected enough signatures: former TV weatherman Mark Ronchetti