Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King served 12 years in the post, longer than any other governor. What is he doing today?
Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King reads a newspaper at his Stanley home while a great-grandbaby's car seat sits on the floor in the background. Democrat King, 83, served 12 years as governor, longer than anyone else. Today, he devotes himself to his ranch, his family and to working politics from the sidelines.
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Bruce King shows off a King Brothers Ranch branding iron in 1970, the year he was elected to the first of his three terms as New Mexico governor.
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Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King (right) stands just outside the entrance to the cemetery in Stanley while his younger brother, Don, changes the flat tire that interrupted their morning ride around the 80,000-acre King Brothers Ranch. Bruce King, now 83, served 12 years as governor, but he always managed to keep his hand in the ranch he owns with brothers Don, 77, and Sam, 85.
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Seated at the kitchen table in their Stanley home, Alice King, Bruce King's wife of 60 years, goes over the books for the King family's propane business while her husband takes some medication. Alice has always been Bruce's full partner in family, ranching and political matters. "I always told the voters, 'You get two for the price of one — Alice and me,' " Bruce says.
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A walker Bruce King has been using since slipping on ice and breaking his hip last winter sits in the bed of his brother Sam's truck during the brothers' morning ride around the ranch. Bruce King has had his share of health problems the last 10 years including emergency heart surgery — but he doesn't let that get him down. "I still enjoy life," he says. "And I'm about done using that walker."
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