FILE - In this May 31, 2007 file photo, dance choreographer Rulan Tangen, left, and Roger Montoya rehearse at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, N.M., for the Santa Fe Dance Festival. Montoya, now a Democratic candidate in an open state House race, is acknowledging his participation in pornographic films in the 1980s as a college student. The revelation about Roger Montoya of Velarde emerged as the nationally heralded arts educator runs for office in a sprawling rural legislative district with high rates of poverty that stretches from Espanola to the Colorado state line. “I am not proud of that choice, as I was young and naive, but those experiences helped me understand the exploitation that young people face,” Montoya said in a lengthy statement posted on social media. (AP Photo/The New Mexican, Amiran White, File)
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