em010119i/a/New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham hugs her fiance Manny Cordova after giving her inaugural address during her inaugural ceremony in Santa Fe, Tuesday January 1, 2019. Behind them, from left, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller, House Speaker Brian Egolf, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court Judith Nakamura. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
em010119i/a/New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham hugs her fiance Manny Cordova after giving her inaugural address during her inaugural ceremony in Santa Fe, Tuesday January 1, 2019. Behind them, from left, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller, House Speaker Brian Egolf, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court Judith Nakamura. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and the first gentleman, Manuel Cordova, are heading off for a honeymoon in the Caribbean to celebrate their wedding anniversary. They left Wednesday for the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Lt. Gov. Howie Morales will serve as acting governor while Lujan Grisham is out of state. The governor expects to return June 16. She and Cordova were married a year ago in a ceremony officiated by Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, D.C. It was partly a business trip, as she met with federal officials while wildfires burned on national forest, wilderness and private land in New Mexico. She and Cordova have been together since 2012 and delayed wedding plans at one point due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Â
