He practiced law and worked in the oil industry while serving in the New Mexico House of Representatives from 1967 to 1974 and then from 1980 to 2004, first as a Republican and then as a Democrat.
He practiced law. He worked in the oil industry while serving in the New Mexico House of Representatives from 1967 to 1974 and then from 1980 to 2004 as a Republican and then as a Democrat. This was first.