Hector Balderas

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hector H. Balderas Jr. is an American attorney and politician who is currently serving as the New Mexico State Auditor. Balderas became the youngest statewide Hispanic elected official in the nation in 2006 when he won his first race for State Auditor at the age of 33. Before being elected to the office of State Auditor, Balderas served as a State Representative in the New Mexico Legislature from 2004-2006. Balderas also serves as the elected Treasurer of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials. Balderas and his wife Denise have three children, Hector III, Arianna and Mariola. Balderas is a special needs advocate and frequent participant in the New Mexico Special Olympics annual torch run; his daughter Arianna was born with down syndrome. Balderas was raised in Wagon Mound, New Mexico, a village in Mora County, New Mexico. He is the son of aMexican father and was raised by his single mother in Wagon Mound