Dorothy Runnels is described as a great force who devoted her life to New Mexicans. “I love being a New Mexican and I love being an American,” Dorothy said in a News-Sun article in April 2015. A life in politics next to her husband, former U.S. Representative Harold Runnels, Dorothy became a political force for decades. That love for America, …
Devoted Lea politician, trailblazer, Dorothy Runnels dies at 97
