Education
The youngest of 13 children, Anderson graduated from Atwater-Grove City High School in Atwater, in 1990 then went on to the University of Minnesota in Duluth, earning her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology in 1994.
The youngest of 13 children, Anderson graduated from Atwater-Grove City High School in Atwater, in 1990 then went on to the University of Minnesota in Duluth, earning her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology in 1994.
She worked for the Minnesota House and the Republican Party from 1995–2006, and also served as a one-term planning commissioner (where she was assigned as the park and recreation liaison) for the city of Plymouth. Dates have not been verified. Anderson is a former manager of the Legislative Assistant Department of the Republican Caucus in the Minnesota House, a former staffer for the House"s Capital Investment Committee, and a former legislative assistant to House Speaker Steve Sviggum.
Anderson was first elected in 2006 (53%), succeeding three-term Republican
Jeff Johnson, who ran for Minnesota Attorney General. She was re-elected in 2008 (54%), 2010 (58%), 2012 (51%) and 2014 (55%).
Republican Party of Minnesota, Republican Party.
A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represents District 44A, which includes a large section of Plymouth in western Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.