A Democratic, Herrera was considered a rising star[1] until his defeat for election to the United States House of Representatives in 2002 and his subsequent convictions on federal public corruption charges.
[4] GoreNet was a group that supported the Al Gore campaign with a focus on grassroots and online organizing as well as hosting small dollar donor events.
Along with former Clark County commissioners Erin Kenny, Mary Kincaid-Chauncey, and several other local elected officials, Herrera became embroiled in a corruption investigation involving a Las Vegas strip club which became known as Operation G-Sting.
[6] In May 2006 Herrera was convicted of 17 counts of conspiracy, wire fraud and extortion stemming from charges that he and the other officials "used their public offices to further the interests of Michael Galardi, a strip club owner in Las Vegas.
They solicited and accepted money, property, and services directly from Galardi and through co-defendant Lance Malone, another former county commissioner.