# Secretary of State of New Mexico

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Constitutional office in New Mexico

Secretary of State of New Mexico Seal of New Mexico Incumbent Maggie Toulouse Oliver since December 9, 2016 Term length Four years Formation 1912; 114 years ago (1912) First holder Antonio J. Lucero Succession Second Website Secretary of State of New Mexico

Politics of New Mexico Constitution United States Constitution New Mexico Constitution Executive Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) (list) Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales (D) Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D) Attorney General Raúl Torrez (D) State Auditor Joseph Maestas (D) State Treasurer Laura Montoya (D) Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard (D) Public Regulation Commission Governor's Cabinet and state agencies Legislature State Senate President Howie Morales (D) President pro tempore Mimi Stewart (D) Majority leader Peter Wirth (D) Minority leader Gregory A. Baca (R) House of Representatives Speaker Brian Egolf (D) Majority leader Javier Martinez (D) Minority leader James G. Townsend (R) Judiciary Supreme Court Court of Appeals New Mexico District Courts Magistrate Court Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court Municipal Court Probate Court See also: U.S. District Court of New Mexico Elections Political parties Qualified New Mexico parties Democratic Party Republican Party Green Party Libertarian Party National minor parties Inferior jurisdictions Counties Cities Census-designated places School districts Federal representation U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D) Ben Ray Luján (D) U.S. Representatives 1: Melanie Stansbury (D) 2: Gabe Vasquez (D) 3: Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) Politics of the United States Politics portal v t e

The **secretary of state of New Mexico** is a constitutional officer in the [executive branch of government](/source/Executive_branch) of the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico). Twenty-six individuals have held the office of secretary of state since statehood. Since 1923, every elected New Mexican [secretary of state](/source/Secretary_of_State_(U.S._state_government)) has been a woman. The incumbent is [Maggie Toulouse Oliver](/source/Maggie_Toulouse_Oliver), a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_of_New_Mexico).[1] Toulouse Oliver's election was forced early due to the resignation of former secretary of state [Dianna Duran](/source/Dianna_Duran) in October 2015, after criminal charges were filed by the [Attorney General's Office](/source/Attorney_General_of_New_Mexico) alleging Duran converted campaign funds to personal gambling debt.[2]

## Powers and duties

The secretary of state is in effect the guarantor of the continuity and stability of good government in New Mexico, with his or her role extending to the enforcement of elections and government ethics laws, the certification, filing, and preservation of legislation, gubernatorial acts, and other instruments vital to the efficient operation of state government, and the registration and regulatory oversight of commerce and industry.

### Elections administration

The [Bureau of Elections](http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-elections.html) of the Office of the Secretary of State administers elections and enforces local, state, and federal [election laws](/source/Election_law). The bureau's duties include training [county clerks](/source/County_clerk) and [voting machine](/source/Voting_machine) technicians, maintaining the state's [voter registration](/source/Voter_registration) database, filing petitions of candidacy for candidates for public office, and administering the Native American Election Information Program, which is a special program to help improve voter registration and [voter turnout](/source/Voter_turnout) among the [Native American](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States) populations within the state.[3]

### Campaign finance and lobbying regulation

The Ethics Division of the Office of the Secretary of State regulates [campaign finance](/source/Campaign_finance) and [lobbying](/source/Lobbying) within the state, and provides campaign finance and lobbying compliance training to various parties involved in government.

### Commerce and industry

The Business Services Division of the Office of the Secretary of State provides various administrative and business-related services to the people of New Mexico. This includes the formation of [corporations](/source/Corporations), [limited liability companies](/source/Limited_liability_companies), [general partnerships](/source/General_partnerships), [limited partnerships](/source/Limited_partnerships), and [limited liability partnerships](/source/Limited_liability_partnerships), the registration of [trademarks](/source/Trademarks), and the indexing of [security interests](/source/Security_interest) under the [Uniform Commercial Code](/source/Uniform_Commercial_Code) and the [Food Security Act of 1985](/source/Food_Security_Act_of_1985).[4][5][6] The division is also responsible for licensing [notaries public](/source/Notary_public), issuing [apostilles](/source/Apostille), and maintaining the office's computer systems, including the voter registration system managed by the Bureau of Elections.[7][8]

### Miscellaneous functions

The secretary of state is responsible for filing [slip laws](/source/Slip_law), preserving legislative journals, and publishing [state agency administrative rules](/source/Administrative_law). The secretary also maintains records of [referendum](/source/Referendum) petitions, serves as [registered agent](/source/Registered_agent) for [service of process](/source/Service_of_process) on behalf of foreign corporations, and ensures that proposed amendments to the [New Mexico Constitution](/source/New_Mexico_Constitution) are published in at least one newspaper in every county in the state for four consecutive weeks in both [English](/source/English_language) and [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language).[9] Moreover, the secretary of state is second in the line of succession after the [governor](/source/Governor_of_New_Mexico) and the [lieutenant governor](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_New_Mexico). The secretary of state therefore steps in as acting governor whenever the governor and lieutenant governor are both absent from the state.

## List of New Mexico secretaries of state

# Image Name Took office Left office Party 1 Antonio J. Lucero 1912 1918 Dem 2 Manuel Martínez 1919 1922 Rep 3 Soledad Chacón 1923 1926 Dem 4 Jennie Fortune 1927 1928 Dem 5 E. A. Perrault 1929 1930 Rep 6 Marguerite P. Baca 1931 1934 Dem 7 Elizabeth F. Gonzales 1935 1938 Dem 8 Jessie M. Gonzales 1939 1942 Dem 9 Cecilia T. Cleveland 1943 1946 Dem 10 Alicia Valdez Romero 1947 1950 Dem 11 Beatrice Roach Gottlieb 1951 1954 Dem 12 Natalie Smith Buck 1955 1958 Dem 13 Betty Fiorina 1959 1962 Dem 14 Alberta Miller 1963 1966 Dem 15 Ernestine Durán Evans 1967 1970 Dem 16 Betty Fiorina 1971 1974 Dem 17 Ernestine Durán Evans 1975 1978 Dem 18 Shirley Hooper 1979 1982 Dem 19 Clara Padilla Jones 1983 1986 Dem 20 Rebecca Vigil-Giron 1987 1990 Dem 21 Stephanie Gonzales 1991 1998 Dem 22 Rebecca Vigil-Giron 1999 2006 Dem 23 Mary Herrera 2007 2010 Dem 24 Dianna Duran 2011 2015 Rep — Mary Quintana (Acting)[10] 2015 2015 25 Brad Winter[11] 2015 2016 Rep 26 Maggie Toulouse Oliver 2016 Present Dem Source:[12]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Lee, Morgan (December 9, 2016). ["New Mexico swears in newly elected secretary of state"](http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/New-Mexico-will-swear-in-newly-elected-secretary-10785254.php). *SFGate*. Retrieved December 9, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Albuquerque Journal | Secretary of state resigns, reaches plea deal"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151025134710/http://www.abqjournal.com/664411/news/state-democratic-party-says-secretary-of-state-has-resigned.html). *www.abqjournal.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.abqjournal.com/664411/news/state-democratic-party-says-secretary-of-state-has-resigned.html) on 2015-10-25.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Native American Election Information Program](http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-NAEIP.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [New Mexico UCC Information](http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-ucc.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [New Mexico Central Filing System for Agricultural Liens](http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-AgLiens.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [New Mexico Partnership FAQ](http://www.sos.state.nm.us/PartnershipFAQs.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [New Mexico Notary Public information](http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-notary.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [New Mexico apostille information](http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-Apostille.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Service of Process upon the New Mexico Secretary of State](http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-SOP.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [New Mexico secretary of state resigns, enters guilty plea, Associated Press, Oct 23, 2015](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/feff0f68967c475a91f0ad22f6f209fe/new-mexico-secretary-state-resigns-amid-fraud-allegations)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [ABQ Councilor Brad Winter sworn in as secretary of state, KOB TV, Dec 15, 2015](http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3993001.shtml?cat=513#.VnQbzDbovxg)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** State of New Mexico (July 2012). Kathryn A. Flynn (ed.). [*2012 Centennial Blue Book*](http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/NMCentennialBlueBook.pdf) (PDF). Diana J. Duran. Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State. p. 224.

## External links

- [Official homepage of the New Mexico Secretary of State](http://www.sos.state.nm.us/)

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v t e Secretaries of state in the United States AL ▌Wes Allen (R) AK ▌Nancy Dahlstrom (R) AZ ▌Adrian Fontes (D) AR ▌Cole Jester (R) CA ▌Shirley Weber (D) CO ▌Jena Griswold (D) CT ▌Stephanie Thomas (D) DE ▌Charuni Patibanda-Sanchez (D) FL ▌Cord Byrd (R) GA ▌Brad Raffensperger (R) HI ▌Sylvia Luke (D, on leave) ▌Keith Regan* (D) ID ▌Phil McGrane (R) IL ▌Alexi Giannoulias (D) IN ▌Diego Morales (R) IA ▌Paul Pate (R) KS ▌Scott Schwab (R) KY ▌Michael Adams (R) LA ▌Nancy Landry (R) ME ▌Shenna Bellows (D) MD ▌Susan C. Lee (D) MA ▌William F. Galvin (D) MI ▌Jocelyn Benson (D) MN ▌Steve Simon (DFL) MS ▌Michael Watson (R) MO ▌Denny Hoskins (R) MT ▌Christi Jacobsen (R) NE ▌Bob Evnen (R) NV ▌Cisco Aguilar (D) NH ▌David Scanlan (R) NJ ▌Dale Caldwell (D) NM ▌Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D) NY ▌Walter T. Mosley (D) NC ▌Elaine Marshall (D) ND ▌Michael Howe (R) OH ▌Frank LaRose (R) OK ▌Benjamin Lepak (R) OR ▌Tobias Read (D) PA ▌Al Schmidt (R) RI ▌Gregg Amore (D) SC ▌Mark Hammond (R) SD ▌Monae Johnson (R) TN ▌Tre Hargett (R) TX ▌Jane Nelson (R) UT ▌Deidre Henderson (R) VT ▌Sarah Copeland Hanzas (D) VA ▌Candi King (D) WA ▌Steve Hobbs (D) WV ▌Kris Warner (R) WI ▌Sarah Godlewski (D) WY ▌Chuck Gray (R) Federal districts: DC ▌Kimberly A. Bassett (D) Territories: AS ▌Pulu Ae Ae Jr. (R) GU ▌Josh Tenorio (D) MP ▌Dennis Mendiola (R) PR ▌Rosachely Rivera (PNP/D) VI ▌Tregenza Roach (D) Political party affiliations 29 ▌Republican (27 states, 2 territories) 26 ▌Democratic (23 states, 2 territories, 1 district) 1 ▌New Progressive (1 territory) Italics indicate no secretary of state in this state, closest equivalent listed An asterisk (*) indicates that the officeholder is serving in an acting capacity.

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