{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | state_house = Wyoming | district = 23rd | term_start = January 5, 2015 | term_end = January 10, 2023 | predecessor = Keith Gingery | successor = Liz Storer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|9|26}} | birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | spouse = Jean Schwartz | children = 2 | alma_mater = Oberlin College | profession = Small business owner | website = }}
'''Andy Schwartz''' (born September 26, 1950) is an American politician and a Democratic former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing District 23 from January 5, 2015 until January 10, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://ballotpedia.org/Andy_Schwartz |title= Andy Schwartz |publisher= Ballotpedia |access-date= June 20, 2016}}</ref>
Schwartz served for 12 years as a Teton County commissioner between 2000 and 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last1=JH Press |title=Rep. Schwartz will not seek reelection to Wyoming House |url=https://jacksonholepress.com/rep-schwartz-will-not-seek-reelection-to-wyoming-house/ |access-date=31 March 2026 |publisher=Jackson Hole Press |date=18 April 2022}}</ref>
==Elections==
===2014=== After incumbent Republican Representative Keith Gingery announced his retirement, Schwartz announced his candidacy and ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. He faced Republican candidate Jim Darwiche in the general election and defeated Darwiche, 56% to 44%. Schwartz's win was one of three Democratic pickups in the state, as Democrats gained seats in the legislature.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/democrats-gain-seat-in-legislature-ultraconservatives-gain/article_ec7f9ef4-cd76-5577-90c2-198eb06643b2.html |title= Democrats gain seat in Legislature; ultraconservatives gain 3 |publisher= Billings Gazette |access-date= June 20, 2016}}</ref>
===2016=== Schwartz ran unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2016/Results/General/2016_General_Statewide_House_Candidates_Summary.pdf |title= Statewide House Candidates Official Summary Wyoming General Election - November 8, 2016 |publisher= Wyoming Secretary of State |access-date= May 17, 2017}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150125034610/http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LegislatorSummary/LegDetail.aspx?LegID=2012 Official page] at the Wyoming Legislature *[https://ballotpedia.org/Andy_Schwartz Profile] from Ballotpedia
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