Anderson Carter

Anderson Carter was an American politician. He served as a 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.