A Common Ground Forum with Governors Spencer Cox and Michelle Lujan Grisham

Please join us in-person for a program with Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), as they sit in conversation to discuss bi-partisanship, mutual respect, and the value of healthy conflict.  To register for the event, please click here.

Inspired by President Reagan’s willingness to work “across the aisle” with Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill and other leaders to achieve lasting and meaningful legislation, the Center on Civility and Democracy’s Common Ground series seeks to draw on their example of productive, results-oriented cooperation despite ideological differences. The Center, and so many in our nation, would like to see those days return to America.

Spencer J. Cox is a husband, father, farmer, recovering attorney, and Utah’s 18th governor. He also served as the 2023-2024 chairman of the National Governors Association. Michelle Lujan Grisham is the thirty-second governor of the state of New Mexico and the first Democratic Hispanic woman to be elected governor in U.S. history.

The Common Ground Forum is made possible by the generous support of Founding Underwriter Marcia Carlucci, with additional support from Gloria Dittus.