Duran Has a Shot at Secretary of State

Dianna Duran

From the New Mexico Independent - The last time a Republican won election as New Mexico Secretary of State Herbert Hoover was president and the Great Depression had just begun. Today E. A. Perrault’s role as New Mexico’s last Republican Secretary of State is a historical footnote, a two-year term ending 80 years ago, in 1930. But some political observers are wondering if 2010 might be the year of the GOP. First-term Democratic Secretary of State Mary Herrera is viewed as vulnerable, after several employees have gone to the FBI to allege corruption in her administration. Herrera, for her part, has dismissed the accusations as politically motivated. But a GOP victory isn’t a gimme, even if Herrera’s opponent is an experienced politician herself, said a prominent pollster. Herrera’s opponent, GOP state Sen. Dianna Duran, is a former Otero County Clerk with a working knowledge of the state election code, a major responsibility of the secretary of state. Read more here:

Duran Has a Shot at Secretary of State