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Secretary of State Mary Herrera hired Gerald Gonzalez, 65, who is expected to begin the job next week, The Santa Fe New Mexican is reporting.
Gonzalez takes a job that has been vacant for months. Earlier this month, Judicial Standards Commission Director Jim Noel declined the job after criticism mounted because he is the son-in-law of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tom Udall and his wife, in addition to being Udall’s daughter, is Udall’s campaign manager.
Gonzalez has worked as an attorney for local governments in