Secretary of State of New Mexico

Secretary of State of New Mexico

Incumbent
Brad Winter
since December 15, 2015
Term length Four years
Formation 1912
First holder Antonio J. Lucero
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The Secretary of State of New Mexico is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of New Mexico.

From 1923 to 2015, every Secretary of State of New Mexico had been a woman. The position became vacant in October 2015 due to the resignation of Dianna Duran after criminal charges were filed by the New Mexico Attorney General alleging the conversion of campaign funds to personal gambling debt.[1] Brad Winter was appointed as her successor.[2]

Organization

The Secretary of State's Office is composed of four divisions:[3]

Other duties

The Secretary maintains records of bills signed into law, referendum petitions, and legislative journals, and ensures that proposed amendments to the New Mexico Constitution are published in at least one newspaper in every county in the state for four consecutive weeks, in both English and Spanish. The Secretary also serves as registered agent for service of process for foreign corporations in some lawsuits.[10]

List of New Mexico Secretaries of State

# Name Took Office Left Office Party Years in Office
1 Antonio J. Lucero 1912 1918 Democrat 7[note 1]
2 Manuel Martínez 1919 1922 Republican 4
3 Soledad C. Chacón 1923 1926 Democrat 4
4 Jennie Fortune 1927 1928 Democrat 2
5 E. A. Perrault 1929 1930 Republican 2
6 Marguerite P. Baca 1931 1934 Democrat 4
7 Elizabeth F. Gonzales 1935 1938 Democrat 4
8 Jessie M. Gonzales 1939 1942 Democrat 4
9 Cecilia T. Cleveland 1943 1946 Democrat 4
10 Alicia Valdez Romero 1947 1950 Democrat 4
11 Beatrice Roach Gottlieb 1951 1954 Democrat 4
12 Natalie Smith Buck 1955 1958 Democrat 4
13 Betty Fiorina 1959 1962 Democrat 4
14 Alberta Miller 1963 1966 Democrat 4
15 Ernestine Durán Evans 1967 1970 Democrat 4
16 Betty Fiorina 1971 1974 Democrat 4
17 Ernestine Durán Evans 1975 1978 Democrat 4
18 Shirley Hooper 1979 1982 Democrat 4
19 Clara Padilla Jones 1983 1986 Democrat 4
20 Rebecca Vigil-Giron 1987 1990 Democrat 4
21 Stephanie Gonzales 1991 1998 Democrat 8
22 Rebecca Vigil-Giron 1999 2006 Democrat 8
23 Mary Herrera 2007 2010 Democrat 4
24 Dianna Duran 2011 2015 Republican ~5[note 2]
25 Mary Quintana (Acting)[11] 2015 2015 Republican
26 Brad Winter[12] 2015 Present Republican
Source:[13]

Notes

  1. ↑ Since the first state election was in an odd-numbered year (1911), the initial term lasted five years.
  2. ↑ Duran was reelected in 2014 but resigned from office less than a year into her second term.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.abqjournal.com/664411/news/state-democratic-party-says-secretary-of-state-has-resigned.html
  2. ↑ http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s3991960.shtml#.VnRRL0orLIU
  3. ↑ About the Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State
  4. ↑ Native American Election Information Program
  5. ↑ New Mexico UCC information
  6. ↑ New Mexico Central Filing System for Agricultural Liens
  7. ↑ New Mexico Partnership FAQ
  8. ↑ New Mexico Notary Public information
  9. ↑ New Mexico apostille information
  10. ↑ Service of Process upon the New Mexico Secretary of State
  11. ↑ New Mexico secretary of state resigns, enters guilty plea , Associated Press, Oct 23, 2015
  12. ↑ ABQ Councilor Brad Winter sworn in as secretary of state, KOB TV, Dec 15, 2015
  13. ↑ State of New Mexico (July 2012). Kathryn A. Flynn, ed. 2012 Centennial Blue Book (PDF). Diana J. Duran. Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State. p. 224.

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