Hector H. Balderas Jr. is an American attorney, former prosecutor, and politician who is currently serving as the State Auditor of New Mexico. 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 to 2006. Balderas also serves as the elected Treasurer of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials. On April 21, 2011, Hector Balderas filed the necessary paperwork to run for the U.S. Senate seat left open by retiring Democrat Jeff Bingaman in the 2012 Democratic U.S. Senate Primary in New Mexico. Currently, Hector Balderas is the Democratic nominee for Attorney General in New Mexico's 2014 general election. 

August 16th, 1973 in (Age 50)