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| Mary Herrera |
From the New Mexico Independent - First-term Democratic Secretary of State Mary Herrera is giving some New Mexico Democrats heartburn with as the Nov. 2 election election approaches. Whether Democrats like it or not, the embattled Herrera is on the ballot. The deadline for replacing a candidate on the ballot passed last week — Sept. 7 — according to state law. Herrera, the state’s top elections official, is in the political fight of her life. She stands publicly accused of wrongdoing by three former employees, two of whom have threatened to sue her under the state’s whistle-blower act. Adding to her woes is the worsening of her sometimes-acrimonious relationship with some of the state’s 33 county clerks, one of whom – Santa Fe County Clerk Valerie Espinoza, a Democrat – has come out publicly to endorse Herrera’s Republican opponent, state Sen. Dianna Duran. A public airing of dirty laundry, and what appears to be a full-blown mutiny, is rare for any public official. But during election time it’s startling, leading one long-time observer to say the GOP is in the best position to wrest the statewide office from Democrats for the first time in 80 years.
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| Dianna Duran |
Perhaps then it came as no surprise when there were rumblings recently that some in the Democratic party leadership had asked Herrera, a former Bernalillo County clerk, to consider stepping aside — or at least let the state party take charge of her campaign. Gov. Bill Richardson declined twice Friday to respond to The Independent’s question if he or a representative had approached Herrera to talk about stepping down. Read more here:
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