Anaya, Toney, 1941-

Toney Anaya (born April 29, 1941) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 26th governor of New Mexico from 1983 to 1987.

Born in Moriarty, New Mexico, he attended New Mexico Highlands University before receiving a B.A. from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the Washington College of Law at American University. He worked for the late Senator Dennis Chavez and as an executive assistant in the U.S. Department of State. From 1966 to 1969, Anaya was legislative counsel to U.S. Senator Joseph Montoya. In 1971, he became the administrative assistant to then Governor Bruce King. Anaya was also a Santa Fe County attorney, assistant district attorney for the first judicial district, and later established a private law practice in Santa Fe. From 1975 to 1979, Anaya served as New Mexico Attorney General. During his service as attorney general, Anaya oversaw an investigation of the upward curve in the level of drugs in the Penitentiary of New Mexico after 1972. In 1978, Anaya ran for the U.S. Senate, losing to Republican incumbent Pete Domenici.

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