Kendra Anderson
{{short description|American politician}}
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|name = Kendra Anderson
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|state_senate= Rhode Island
|district = 31st
|term_start = January 5, 2021
|term_end = January 3, 2023
|predecessor = Erin Lynch Prata
|successor = Matthew LaMountain
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|6|27}}[https://www.rilegislature.gov/senators/anderson/Pages/Biography.aspx Senator Kendra Anderson]. State of Rhode Island General Assembly. Accessed 6/13/2021.
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|nationality = American
|party = Democratic
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|education = Hamilton College (BA)
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|website = https://www.kendraandersonri.com/
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Kendra Anderson (born June 27, 1957) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate for the 31st district from 2021 to 2023.
Career
Anderson is an ESOL teacher and the founder of Climate Action Rhode Island.
In 2019, Anderson, a progressive, announced that she would challenge longtime incumbent senator and Judiciary Committee chair Erin Lynch Prata in the Democratic primary.[https://www.golocalprov.com/politics/kendra-anderson-to-challenge-lynch-prata-for-ri-senate-district-31-seat Kendra Anderson to Challenge Lynch Prata for RI Senate District 31 Seat]. October 05, 2019. GoLocalProv. Lynch Prata declined to run for re-election, instead accepting an appointment to the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and Anderson won the primary and general election.[https://ballotpedia.org/Kendra_Anderson Kendra Anderson]. ballotpedia.
In the 2024 presidential election, Anderson endorsed author Marianne Williamson's presidential bid.{{Cite web |url=https://politicalemails.org/messages/1099736 |title=New endorsements + Update from the road in NH! |website=Archive of Political Emails |date=July 5, 2023 |access-date=October 28, 2023 |language=en-US}}
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Category:Democratic Party Rhode Island state senators
Category:21st-century members of the Rhode Island General Assembly
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