Brad Winter

Brad Winter

Secretary of State of New Mexico
Incumbent
Assumed office December 18, 2015
Governor	Susana Martinez
Preceded by	Mary Quintana (Acting)
Succeeded by	Maggie Toulouse Oliver
Albuquerque City Councilor, District 4
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 1999
Preceded by	Sam Bregman
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 63–64)
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Oklahoma University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Brad Winter is an American politician from the state of New Mexico. He serves as the Secretary of State of New Mexico and has been a member of the Albuquerque City Council for 7 consecutive terms, 3 which have been president. He serves Albuquerque's far northeast heights, which has become reliably a Republican stronghold.^[1]

Early career

Winter worked as a teacher and rose to principal in Albuquerque Public Schools (APS). In 1999, he ran for Albuquerque City Council and defeated Sam Bregman, local lawyer and Democratic activist. Winter would become the chief operating officer of APS, a post he held for almost 5 years after resigning in 2014. Three months later, he was appointed as the interim Superintendent of APS.^[2] He was sworn in as Secretary of State on December 15, 2015, following the resignation of Dianna Duran. Winter has indicated that he will not resign his City Council seat, and will not run for the remainder of Duran's term in the upcoming special election.^[3] Some have argued this breaks state law which requires the Secretary of State and all executive officers to reside in Santa Fe.^[4]

References

↑ Matt Howerton (December 15, 2015). "Brad Winter to keep council seat". KOAT. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
↑ Jon Swedien - Journal Staff Writer. "Albuquerque Journal - Board taps Brad Winter as APS interim superintendent". Retrieved December 18, 2015.
↑ "Gov. Martinez appoints Brad Winter as NM Sec. of State". www.KOB.com. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
↑ "Winter: Will resign if he can't handle both SoS, city council jobs". www.nmpoliticalreport.com. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

External links

Profile at Project Vote Smart

Political offices
Preceded by Mary Quintana Acting	Secretary of State of New Mexico 2015–present	Incumbent

State secretaries of state in the United States

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Political party affiliations: 30 Republican 26 Democratic 1 Independent italics indicate no secretary of state in this state, closest equivalent listed

Current statewide political officials of New Mexico

U.S. Senators	Tom Udall Martin Heinrich

State government	Susana Martinez, Governor John Sanchez, Lieutenant Governor & President of the Senate Brad Winter, Secretary of State Hector Balderas, Attorney General Tim Eichenberg, Treasurer Tim Keller, Auditor Aubrey Dunn, Jr., Land Commissioner Karen Montoya, Patrick H. Lyons, Valerie Espinoza, Lynda Lovejoy, Sandy R. Jones, Public Regulation Commission

Senate	Mary Kay Papen, President pro tempore Michael S. Sanchez, Majority Leader Stuart Ingle, Minority Leader

House	Don L. Tripp, Speaker Nate Gentry, Majority Leader Brian F. Egolf, Minority Leader

Supreme Court	Charles W. Daniels, Chief Justice Edward L. Chávez Petra Jimenez Maes Judith Nakamura Barbara J. Vigil Chief Justice title is rotated

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