NEW MEXICO’S INTERIM SECRETARY OF STATE IS ALREADY SWORN IN AND READY TO GO TO WORK. BRAD WINTER, FORMER INTERIM ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT, WAS APPOINTED TO THE JOB BY GOVERNOR MARTINEZ ON TUESDAY.
WINTER ALSO SITS ON THE ABQ CITY COUNCIL AND WILL CONTINUE THERE AS WELL.
HE REPLACES FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE DIANNA DURAN WHO LEFT THE POST AS PART OF HER GUILTY PLEA FOR USING CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO COVER GAMBLING DEBTS.