Stella Yvette Herrell[1] (/iˈvɛt ˈhɛrəl/ ee-VETT HERR-əl; born March 16, 1964)[2] is an American politician and realtor who served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 2nd congressional district from 2021 to 2023.

[3][4] Herrell was the Republican nominee for New Mexico's 2nd congressional district in 2018, narrowly losing to Democrat Xochitl Torres Small.

[2][9] After attending Cloudcroft High School, she earned a legal secretary diploma from ITT Technical Institute, a failed and federally sanctioned for-profit education chain that permanently went out of business in 2016,[10][11] in Boise, Idaho.

[23] In 2018, Herrell was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives, and was defeated in a close race by political newcomer and Democratic attorney Xochitl Torres Small.

[25][26][27] A 2018 Associated Press review of Herrell's campaign finance disclosure records found that she had failed to disclose that her real estate company earned $440,000 in contracts with two state agencies over five years.

Herrell said she had submitted all required paperwork and that the allegations against her represented "an attack on my moral character" orchestrated by one of her opponents in the Republican congressional primary.

[40] In September 2021, Herrell was among 75 House Republicans to vote against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022, which contains a provision that would require women to be drafted.

[43] In 2022, Herrell was the main sponsor of a bill to give Canadian truckers protesting vaccine mandates temporary political asylum.

[50] After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election and Trump refused to concede while making baseless claims of fraud, Herrell objected to the certification of Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes in Congress.

"[55] While a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives in 2015, Herrell sponsored a bill that banned late-term abortion with exceptions for instances of sexual abuse, rape, or incest.

[65][better source needed] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Herrell attended events that did not comply with public health measures to hinder the spread of the virus, such as social distancing and face masks.