Duran puts Herrera on defense in forum

From the Santa Fe New Mexican.com - by Steve Terrell - State Senator Dianna Duran, (left in picture) the Republican candidate for secretary of state, went on the offensive in a Wednesday night debate with incumbent Democrat Mary Herrera. "In 98 years of our state's history, I don't believe I have seen a state office with so many problems, where three top-level employees have resigned or been fired alleging criminal misconduct," Duran said during the hour-long forum recorded at Santa Fe Community College. Herrera, who is seeking a second four-year term in the Nov. 2 election, was on the defensive for most of the encounter. While she didn't respond to all of Duran's attacks, she said she has fulfilled all her promises to provide a competent and professional office for overseeing elections and campaign reports, among other duties. Herrera also said she has saved taxpayers millions of dollars. But after Herrera said she had run her office "like a business," Duran said, "With so many, many problems and with that amount of turnover, if this had been a business, it would have gone under." Read more

Duran puts Herrera on defense in forum