predecessor successor religion birth_place title party termstart termend birth_date article_title state name alma_mater
rebecca vigil-giron dianna duran christian albuquerque , new mexico 21st new mexico secretary of state democratic january 1st , 2007 december 31st , 2010 27 august 1959 mary herrera
 new mexico mary herrera college of art and design -rrb- of santa fe -lrb- now santa fe university
mary herrera

mary herrera is an american politician , who is the former new mexico secretary of state , being first elected in 2006 and leaving office in 2011 after being defeated in her re-election bid .
a native of albuquerque , herrera graduated from west mesa high school in 1977 .
she received both her bachelors and masters degrees in business administration from the college of santa fe -lrb- now santa fe university of art and design -rrb- .
she has also received a certificate of program administration for senior executives from harvard university and certificates in labor , employment , and benefits law from the institute for applied management .
prior to being elected secretary , herrera held many offices within the bernalillo county government holding positions as typist , assistant comptroller and director of human resources .
in 2000 , she was elected county clerk of bernalillo county and re-elected in 2004 .
mary herrera was the first sitting democrat secretary of state to lose the office to a republican in 80 years .
herrera lost by 90,000 votes , a margin greater than any other nm race in the 2010 election .
under new mexico law , at the time of her tenure herrera was second in line of succession for governor after former lieutenant governor diane denish , who lost a bid for governor .
