Norma Anderson

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Norma Anderson

|office = Minority Leader of the Colorado Senate

|status = Acting

|term_start = June 22, 2005

|term_end = August 22, 2005

|predecessor = Mark Hillman

|successor = Andy McElhany

|office1 = Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate

|term_start1 = January 8, 2003

|term_end1 = January 7, 2004

|predecessor1 = Bill Thiebaut

|successor1 = Mark Hillman

|office2 = Member of the Colorado Senate

|term_start2 = January 13, 1999

|term_end2 = January 3, 2006

|predecessor2 = Bill Schroeder

|successor2 = Kiki Traylor

|constituency2 = 22nd

|office3 = Majority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives

|term_start3 = January 1997

|term_end3 = January 13, 1999

|predecessor3 = Tim Foster

|successor3 = Doug Dean

|office4 = Member of the Colorado House of Representatives

|term_start4 = January 14, 1987

|term_end4 = January 13, 1999

|predecessor4 = James Moore

|successor4 = Rob Fairbank

|constituency4 = 52nd (1987–1993)
30th (1993–1999)

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|7|6}}

|birth_place = Elyria, Ohio, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Republican (before 2021)

Independent (2021–present)

|education = University of Denver

}}

Norma Anderson is an American former state legislator from Colorado.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=6942 She previously represented Jefferson County in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1987 to 1998, and was a member of the Colorado Senate from 1999 until her resignation in 2006 to spend more time with her family.{{Cite web |title=Vote Smart | Facts For All |url=http://votesmart.org/ |website=Vote Smart}}{{Cite web |date=January 3, 2006 |title=After 19 years, Sen. Anderson retires from "the game" |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2006/01/03/after-19-years-sen-anderson-retires-from-the-game/}} A former Republican, she left the party in 2021 over its support for Donald Trump.{{Cite web |title=Women who served in the Colorado House of Representatives | |url=http://www.strongsisters.org/women-who-served-in-the-colorado-house-of-representatives/}}

Anderson was the first woman to serve as majority leader in the Colorado House and Colorado Senate.{{cite web |title=Norma Anderson |url=https://www.leg.state.co.us/lcs/leghist.nsf/DocView.xsp?documentId=93F857C44781F1D5872578E2005D1379&action=openDocument |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205172617/https://www.leg.state.co.us/lcs/leghist.nsf/DocView.xsp?documentId=93F857C44781F1D5872578E2005D1379&action=openDocument |archive-date=February 5, 2024 |access-date=February 5, 2024 |work=Colorado Legislators Past and Present |publisher=Colorado General Assembly Legislative Council Staff}} A pre-school was named for her and she is a member of the Jefferson County Historical Commission Hall of Fame.https://historicjeffco.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/hof-norma-anderson.pdf She has lived in Lakewood, Colorado, and has three children.{{Cite web|url=https://jeffcostories.omeka.net/items/show/73|title=Interview with Norma Anderson, September 28, 2011 · Jeffco Stories|website=jeffcostories.omeka.net}}