Andy Vargas

{{short description|Massachusetts politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder|name = Andy Vargas

|image = State Representative Andres X. Vargas.jpg

|caption = Vargas in 2017

|office = Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 3rd Essex district

|party = Democratic

|termstart = November 2017

|residence = Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S.

|spouse =

|alma_mater = Boston University

|predecessor = Brian Dempsey

|successor =

}}Andres X. "Andy" Vargas is a State Representative who represents the 3rd Essex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He represents the city of Haverhill. Vargas serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means, Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses, Joint Committee on Education, Joint Committee on Public Health, and the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.{{cite web

|title =About Andy

|publisher = Andy X. Vargas: State Representative

|date = 2019

|url = http://www.andyforhaverhill.com/

|access-date = April 28, 2019

}}{{cite web

|title =Andres X. Vargas: Committees

|publisher = The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

|date = 2019

|url = https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/AXV1/Committees

|access-date = April 28, 2019

}}{{cite web

|title =Andres X. Vargas: District

|publisher = The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

|date = 2019

|url = https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/AXV1/District

|access-date = April 28, 2019

}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bu.edu/pardeeschool/2018/07/18/alumni-spotlight-bostonia-features-state-rep-andy-vargas/|title=Alumni Spotlight: Bostonia Features State Rep. Andy Vargas {{!}} The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies|website=www.bu.edu|access-date=2019-04-30}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eagletribune.com/news/haverhill/vargas-appointed-to-house-committee-on-ways-and-means/article_b9f513dc-219b-526d-81be-91e213a8ef62.html|title=Vargas appointed to House Committee on Ways and Means|first=Mike|last=LaBella|website=Eagle-Tribune|date=February 14, 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-30}} He is a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus.{{cite web |url=https://www.mablacklatinocaucus.com/members.html |access-date=August 5, 2020 |title=2019-2020 Massachusetts Black & Latino Legislative Caucus |work=mablacklatinocaucus.com |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729111141/https://www.mablacklatinocaucus.com/members.html |url-status=dead }} Vargas is a member of Phi Iota Alpha fraternity.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Vargas won a special election to the House of Representatives in 2017 upon the resignation of longtime incumbent Brian Dempsey. He defeated school committeeman Paul Magliocchetti in the primary, and Republican nominee Shaun Toohey in the general election. Vargas ran unopposed in 2018 and 2020.

In 2021, Vargas announced that he would run for the State Senate the next year upon the retirement of incumbent Diana DiZoglio. However, due to redistricting changing the district lines, Vargas withdrew his candidacy a few months later. He ran for re-election to the House unopposed in 2022.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

Vargas is a proponent of increasing the housing supply in Massachusetts.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-27 |title='Yes in My Backyard' housing politics on the rise within the Democratic party |url=https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2024/08/27/yimby-mbta-communities-squares-streets |website=www.wbur.org |language=en}} He is a member of "YIMBYs For Harris."