Herrera Digs In

Mary Herrera

From the New Mexico Independent - Secretary of State Mary Herrera declined to respond to allegations made by three of her former staff members in an interview with The Independent on Friday, saying she hadn’t seen “the exact allegations. I haven’t seen what they’re claiming. I would be interested to see it,” Herrera told me during a minutes-long phone interview. ”I know it’s not true.” By now, the allegations made by Herrera’s former elections director A.J. Salazar, former office manager Manny Vildasol and former communications director James Flores are well known to those following the Secretary of State’s office and this year’s election race. Salazar, Flores and Vildasol, who all have gone to the FBI to allege wrongdoing in her office, have alleged that employees were forced to solicit “sponsorships or donations” from businesses that contract with the state to possible kickbacks on contracts and having office employees campaign for Herrera on state time. Read more here:

Herrera Digs In