Andrew Nuñez (born November 30, 1935) is an American Politician who was a former Republican member of the

New Mexico House of Representatives The New Mexico House of Representatives () is the lower house of the New Mexico State Legislature. There are 70 members of the House. Each member represents roughly 25,980 residents of New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the South ...

. A farmer, Nuñez attended

New Mexico State University New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public, land-grant, research university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States. Founded in 1888, it is the state's oldest public institution of higher education, and was the original land-g ...

and received a Bachelor of Science and masters of science degree in animal science. Nuñez was a Democratic member of the House of Representatives from 2001 until he switched his affiliation to Independent in 2011 and lost reelection the following year in a three-candidate race to Phillipp Archuleta. Nuñez ran as a Republican in 2014 and was returned to the New Mexico House of Representatives as the New Mexico Republican Party gained a legislative majority in the state house for the first time since 1952. Nuñez was defeated for reelection in 2016 by former Las Cruces City Councilor Nathan P. Small.

References

1935 births Living people Politicians from Roswell, New Mexico New Mexico Democrats New Mexico independents New Mexico Republicans Members of the New Mexico House of Representatives Mayors of places in New Mexico 21st-century members of the New Mexico Legislature Hispanic and Latino American people in New Mexico politics American politicians of Mexican descent {{NewMexico-politician-stub