Democrat denies Republican’s claim in secretary of state race
SANTA FE – The Republican candidate for secretary of state, Nora Espinoza, is attacking her Democratic opponent, Maggie Toulouse Oliver, in an online video over her record as Bernalillo County Clerk.
Toulouse Oliver says the ad’s claim that she missed deadlines to mail out ballots to members of the military is false and that Espinoza, a Roswell lawmaker, doesn’t understand election administration.
It’s the latest dust-up in the hotly contested race to fill out the remaining two years of the term of former Secretary of State Dianna Duran, who resigned last year and pleaded guilty to misusing her campaign funds to cover gambling expenses.
“Only one county clerk in New Mexico has missed deadlines for mailing ballots to our servicemen and women,” begins the video posted on Espinoza’s Facebook campaign page.
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