Anna Border

{{Short description|American politician}}

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|name = Anna Border

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|state_delegate = West Virginia

|district = 9th{{cite web |url= http://www.legis.state.wv.us/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Sheppard |title= Anna Border Sheppard |publisher= West Virginia Legislature |location= Charleston, West Virginia |accessdate= April 8, 2014}}

|term_start = June 21, 2011

|term_end = December 1, 2016

|predecessor = Larry Border

|successor = Incumbent

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|12|22}}

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|nationality = American

|party = Republican

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|residence = Davisville, West Virginia, U.S.

|alma_mater = Parkersburg Community College
West Virginia University

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Anna Border Sheppard{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/131347 |title= Anna Border's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= April 8, 2014}} (born December 22, 1952) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 9 from June 21, 2011, to December 1, 2016. She was appointed by West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Representative Larry Border.{{cite web |url= http://www.governor.wv.gov/media/pressreleases/2011/Pages/GovernorAppointsAnnaBordertoRepresentthe9thDistrictintheWestVirginiaHouseofDelegates.aspx |title= Governor Appoints Anna Border to Represent the 9th District in the West Virginia House of Delegates |author= Tomblin, Earl Ray |authorlink= Earl Ray Tomblin |date= June 21, 2011 |publisher= West Virginia Governor |accessdate= April 8, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140408213644/http://www.governor.wv.gov/media/pressreleases/2011/Pages/GovernorAppointsAnnaBordertoRepresentthe9thDistrictintheWestVirginiaHouseofDelegates.aspx |archive-date= April 8, 2014 |url-status= dead }}

Education

Border attended Parkersburg Community College (now the West Virginia University at Parkersburg), and earned her BS from West Virginia University.

Elections

  • 2012 Border was unopposed for the May 8, 2012, Republican Primary, winning with 1,468 votes,{{cite web |url= http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2012&eid=8&county=Statewide |title= Statewide Results Primary Election May 8, 2012 Official Results |publisher= Secretary of State of West Virginia |location= Charleston, West Virginia |accessdate= April 8, 2014}} and won the November 6, 2012, General election with 4,504 votes (65.6%) against Democratic perennial candidate Jim Marion,{{cite web |url= http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2012&eid=13&county=Statewide |title= Statewide Results General Election November 6, 2012 Official Results |publisher= Secretary of State of West Virginia |location= Charleston, West Virginia |accessdate= April 8, 2014}} who has run for the seat since 2002, and in 1998 as an Independent.
  • On March 9, 2015, Border announced that she would be seeking the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election.

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