Bruce Kenneth Nestande (January 28, 1938 – July 9, 2020) was an American politician who served as a Republican California State Assemblyman and Orange County Supervisor.

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nestande was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics but opted to attend college on a Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarship instead.

During his Marine service, he served four years on active duty, including fourteen months with an infantry battalion in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.

[2][4][6] Nestande returned to Reagan's office in 1974 but left after less than a year when he was elected to the California State Assembly to represent the 70th District in Orange County.

Rather than seeking a fourth Assembly term in 1980, Nestande successfully sought election to the Orange County Board of Supervisors, defeating incumbent Edison Miller.

[1] In the November 1986 election, Nestande unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Secretary of State March Fong Eu and would resign from the Board of Supervisors less than three months later, in January 1987.