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Brad Winter
Brad Winter (Republican Party) was the New Mexico Secretary of State. Winter assumed office in 2015. Winter left office in 2016.
Winter (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Mexico House of Representatives to represent District 15. Winter lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Winter was a member of the Albuquerque City Council in New Mexico, representing District 4. He was first elected to the council in 1999. Winter served as city council president in 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2008. Winter stated his intention to stay in his city council seat and to not seek re-election as secretary of state in 2016. No law prevented him from serving in those dual roles. He did not run for re-election to the city council in 2019.[1][2]
Winter is a former Republican secretary of state of New Mexico. Governor Susana Martinez (R) appointed him on December 15, 2015, to replace Dianna Duran (R), who resigned following criminal charges on October 22, 2015. Mary Quintana, a deputy under Duran, served as the acting secretary of state until Winter's appointment.[1] Winter was the first man to serve as secretary of state in New Mexico since Manuel Martinez, who served as secretary of state from 1919 to 1922.[1]
Biography
Winter earned a B.A. from the University of Oklahoma. He later received a master's degree and education doctorate from the University of New Mexico. Winter was a teacher for 22 years and served for one year as interim superintendent of Albuquerque Public Schools before retiring in June 2015.[2][3]
Political career
New Mexico secretary of state (2015-2016)
Winter was sworn in hours after Governor Susana Martinez announced his appointment as secretary of state on December 15, 2015. He said he was “very honored, very humbled” to be appointed and that he would work to restore confidence in the office. Winter said he would “absolutely” not seek re-election in 2016, when Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D) was elected to fill the two years remaining in Dianna Duran's unexpired term. Toulouse Oliver was sworn in on December 9, 2016.[1][4]
New Mexico's Democratic Party criticized the appointment, calling Winter a "political crony." The party cited his $30,000 payment to a Martinez political consultant during his most recent city council race. The consultant was under a federal grand jury investigation at the time of Winter's appointment.[1]
Albuquerque city councilor (1999-2019)
Winter served on the Albuquerque City Council from 1999 to 2019. He was council president in 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2008.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 15
Dayan Hochman-Vigil defeated Brad Winter in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 15 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dayan Hochman-Vigil (D) | 52.1 | 6,583 |
 | Brad Winter (R) | 47.9 | 6,043 | |
| Total votes: 12,626 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 15
Dayan Hochman-Vigil advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 15 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dayan Hochman-Vigil | 100.0 | 2,517 |
| Total votes: 2,517 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 15
Brad Winter advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 15 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brad Winter | 100.0 | 959 |
| Total votes: 959 | |||
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2016
Winter declined to seek re-election to a full term as New Mexico secretary of state in 2016.
2015
The city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, held elections for city council on October 6, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run to run in this election was May 31, 2015. Four of the nine city council seats were up for election.[5]
In District 4, incumbent Brad Winter defeated challenger Israel Chavez.[6]
| Albuquerque City Council District 4 General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Brad Winter Incumbent |
58.3% | 2,912 | |
| Israel Chavez | 41.7% | 2,079 | |
| Total Votes | 4,991 | ||
| Source: Bernalillo County Clerk, "City of Albuquerque Municipal Election," October 6, 2015 | |||
Personal
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Winter's wife, Nann Winter, is a lawyer. She was picked by Governor Susana Martinez to be the chairwoman of the New Mexico Finance Authority Board in July 2012.[1]
See also
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- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Cities in New Mexico
- State legislative elections, 2018
- New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2018
- New Mexico House of Representatives
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Albuquerque Journal, "ABQ councilor sworn in as secretary of state," December 15, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 City of Albuquerque, "Winter," accessed December 22, 2014
- ↑ NM Political Report, "It’s official: Martinez appoints Winter as Secretary of State," December 15, 2015
- ↑ Albuquerque Journal, "Toulouse Oliver sworn in as Secretary of State," December 9, 2016
- ↑ City of Albuquerque, "2015 Municipal Election Calendar," accessed May 19, 2015
- ↑ Bernalillo County Clerk, "City of Albuquerque Municipal Election," October 6, 2015
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| Preceded by Dianna Duran (R) |
New Mexico Secretary of State 2015–2016 |
Succeeded by Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D) |
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Albuquerque City Council, District 4 1999-2019 |
Succeeded by Brook Bassan |
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