By Associated Press - Monday, March 24, 2014

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is to visit New Mexico this week to raise campaign money for Republican Gov. Susana Martinez.

Martinez political spokesman Danny Diaz said Bush will attend a fundraiser Tuesday in Farmington and another in Santa Fe on Wednesday.

Central Consolidated School District announced that Bush, Martinez and Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera will speak at an elementary school in Shiprock Wednesday morning.

Bush served two terms as governor, first winning election in 1998.

Martinez has advocated some of the educational policies that Bush implemented in Florida, including holding back third-graders who can’t read proficiently and giving schools A-to-F grades and performance-based pay bonuses for teachers.

Martinez’s education secretary, Hanna Skandera, worked for the Bush administration in Florida as a deputy commissioner of education.

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