Yvette Herrell

Yvette Herrell served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District from 2021-2023, losing her re-election bid in 2022. Herrell was the first Republican Native woman elected to Congress and the first Cherokee woman.

Herrell was born in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and is a member of the Cherokee Nation. She earned a legal secretary diploma from ITT Technical Institute School of Business in Boise, Idaho. She has worked in the real estate industry since graduating.

Herrell served in the New Mexico House of Representatives from 2011-2019.

For information on Herrell's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored legislation during her time in the U.S. House of Representatives, please visit her profile on https://www.congress.gov.

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Ballotpedia (n.d.). Yvette Herrell. Retrieved on Nov. 18, 2020, from https://ballotpedia.org/Yvette_Herrell.