Anderson Carter

Anderson Carter was an American politician. He served as a Democratic [Party (United States)|Democratic member] of the New [Mexico House of Representatives], but switched parties and was twice the Republican nominee for the United States Senate.

Life and career

Carter was born in Roswell, New Mexico in 1926. He attended Eastern [New Mexico University].
He served in the New Mexico House of Representatives from 1953 to 1960 as a Democrat, but later left the Democratic Party and became a Republican. Carter led the Barry Goldwater presidential campaign in New Mexico in 1964.
He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate twice as the Republican nominee, both times against Democratic incumbents: Clinton Anderson in 1966, and Joseph Montoya in 1970.
Carter died in 2000, at the age of 74.