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The Latest: Martinez: Up to Americans to judge Obama years

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on New Mexico and President Obama's farewell address. (all times local): 5:30 p.m. The nation's only Latina governor says it is not her role to evaluate the presidency of Barack Obama. New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, a Republican, said Tuesday it's up to the American people and for history to decide on what impact his presidency had on the country and the world. Martinez often criticized the Obama Administration over the Affordable Care Act and policies dealing with endangered species. As president, Obama rarely visited New Mexico and came under scrutiny for his deportations of immigrants and his administration's response to Colorado's Gold King Mine spill on the Navajo Nation. Democratic activists in New Mexico are holding a "watch party" to listen to the nation's first black president give his final address. ___ 2:55 a.m. Democratic activists in the country's most Hispanic state are holding a "watch party" to listen to the nation's first black president give his final address. Advocates in New Mexico are gathering at a union hall in Albuquerque Tuesday night to hear President Barack Obama say goodbye and thank his supporters. Obama will deliver the speech in his adopted hometown of Chicago, and Democratic activists are planning watch parties around the country. As president, Obama rarely visited New Mexico and came under scrutiny for his deportations of immigrants and his administration's response to Colorado's Gold King Mine spill on the Navajo Nation.