WILL A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR APPOINT A DEMOCRAT TO ONE OF THE STATE’S TOP JOBS? WE COULD FIND OUT SINCE BERNALILLO COUNTY CLERK MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER, A DEMOCRAT, HAS ASKED REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ TO CONSIDER HER FOR THE VACANT SECRETARY OF STATE POSITION.
IN A LETTER TO MARTINEZ, TOULOUSE OLIVER OUTLINED HER EXPERIENCE AND HER DESIRE TO RESTORE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE. DIANA DURAN DEFEATED TOULOUSE OLIVER IN THE LAST ELECTION BUT HAS SINCE RESIGNED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO NUMEROUS CHARGES INVOLVING THE MIS-USE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
