Andy Matthews
Matthews at the 2022 Hazlitt Summit hosted by Young Americans for Liberty Foundation
23rd Controller of Nevada
Assumed office
January 2, 2023
GovernorJoe Lombardo
Preceded byCatherine Byrne
Member of the Nevada Assembly
from the 37th district
In office
November 4, 2020 – November 9, 2022
Preceded byShea Backus
Succeeded byShea Backus
Personal details
Born
Andrew Thomas Matthews

1978 (age 45–46)
New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationBoston University (BA)

Andrew Thomas Matthews (born 1978) is an American politician serving as the 23rd Controller of Nevada since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the Nevada Assembly representing Nevada's 37th district.

Education and career

A graduate of Boston University, Matthews briefly worked as a sports writer before entering politics in 2005 as a campaign worker in New Jersey.[1] Matthews has worked for the conservative Nevada Policy Research Institute since 2007, starting as the communications director and ultimately becoming president.[2] He was elected to the Nevada Assembly in 2020 after defeating incumbent Democrat Shea Backus, thus flipping the seat from Democratic to Republican.[3] He previously ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in Nevada, but came in fourth in the 2016 Republican primary, finishing behind the winner Danny Tarkanian, as well as second place finisher Michael Roberson, and third place finisher Michele Fiore. He was then hired as executive director of a conservative PAC tied to former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt.[4] In 2018, Matthews worked for Adam Laxalt's campaign for Governor of Nevada,[5] but Laxalt was defeated by Democrat Steve Sisolak, and Matthews then successfully ran for the Nevada Assembly in the 2020 election. In 2022, Matthews chose not to run for reelection to the Assembly and instead entered the race for Nevada State Controller. He was unopposed in the Republican primary, and faced Democrat Ellen Spiegel in the November general election. Matthews won the election with 50.06% of the vote.

References

  1. ↑ "NPRI Staff". Nevada Policy Research Institute.
  2. ↑ "NPRI Staff". Nevada Policy Research Institute.
  3. ↑ "2020 Nevada State Assembly District 37 Election Results". Reno Gazette Journal.
  4. ↑ Botkin, Ben. "Former Republican candidate now head of Nevada PAC". Las Vegas Review–Journal.
  5. ↑ "Laxalt skipping NRA event to campaign for Governor". Las Vegas Sun.
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