Education
She completed her Juris Doctor degree at Seton Hall University School of Law, and studied at Sophia University, Tokyo.
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Career
She ran for congress in New Jersey"s 6th congressional district, and lost to Democratic incumbent Frank Pallone. She began her campaign as a "Tea Party Approved" candidate. Mayor Little was raised in Middletown Township, New Jersey and educated locally at the Harmony School, Saint Catherine"s, Saint Mary"s, Thompson Junior High School, and Middletown High School South.
She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Modern Languages at Seton Hall University, and is fluent in Spanish and French with a working knowledge of Japanese and Russian.
She is currently an attorney in private practice with offices in Highlands. Her community involvement has included membership in the Saint Agnes Church Choir, as Trustee of the Joann Frielinghaus Memorial Scholarship Fund, the Baykeeper"s Oyster Reseeding Project, The Historical Society of Highlands, the Highlands Republican Club, the Highlands Community Singers and as a choir member at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church.
In the 2002 general election, Anna Little was elected to the Highlands Borough Council, and was reelected in 2005. She resigned from the council on September 20, 2006.
Freeholder
On February 25, 2006, Little was selected by the Monmouth County Republican Executive Committee to the unexpired term of Freeholder Amy Handlin, who had resigned to take a seat in the New Jersey General Assembly.
In November 2006, she was elected to the remaining year of the unexpired term. Mayor
In 2007, Richard West. O"Neil, the incumbent mayor of Highlands withdrew his name from the ballot, and the Highlands Republican Party selected Little to take his place. She was elected Mayor of Highlands, New Jersey in the 2007 general election.
Congress
On April 12, 2010, Mayor Little filed her nomination by petition to run as a Republican in New Jersey"s 6th Congressional District Republican primary on June 8, 2010.
Gooch did not seek a recount and endorsed Little. On November 3, 2010, Pallone defeated Little by over 16,000 votes, 55% to 43%.
However, for the first time in his career, Pallone failed to carry his home county of Monmouth and Anna Little failed to carry her hometown of Highlands, New Jersey. In 2012, Little announced that she would be a candidate for Congress again. On November 6, 2012 Pallone defeated Little again, 63% to 35%.
