Tim Anderson (politician)

{{Short description|American politician from Virginia}}

{{Third-party|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Tim Anderson

| image =

| state_delegate = Virginia

| district = 83rd

| term_start = January 12, 2022

| term_end = April 3, 2023

| preceded = Nancy Guy

| succeeded = Otto Wachsmann (redistricting)

| party = Republican

}}

Tim Anderson is an American politician. A Republican, he is a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 83rd district after defeating Nancy Guy in 2021.{{Cite web|title=GOP FLIP: Tim Anderson Defeats Nancy Guy in District 83|url=https://www.rslc.gop/press-releases/gop-flip-tim-anderson-defeats-nancy-guy-in-district-83|access-date=2022-02-02|website=RSLC|language=en-US}} He resigned on April 3, 2023, to run for election to the Virginia Senate's 19th district.{{Cite web | title= Del. Tim Anderson announces plans to run for 19th Senate District |url= https://www.wavy.com/news/politics/local-politics/del-tim-anderson-announces-plans-to-run-for-19th-senate-district/ |access-date= April 7, 2023 |website= WAVY-TV}} With 97% of the votes tallied, AP reported Christie New Craig defeating Anderson 4,565 votes (37.8%) to 3,937 votes and Jeff Bruzesi at 3,575 votes.{{cite news |url= https://www.pilotonline.com/2023/06/20/senate-district-19-christie-new-craig-beats-tim-anderson-jeff-bruzzesi-in-republican-primary/ |title= Senate District 19: Christie New Craig beats Tim Anderson, Jeff Bruzzesi in Republican primary |date= June 20, 2023 |first1= Katie |last1= King |first2= Cianna |last2= Morales 6, 2023 |work= The Virginian-Pilot |access-date= November 6, 2023 |url-access= subscription}}

In 2022, Anderson filed an unsuccessful lawsuit attempting to prevent bookstores from selling two books, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas and Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, to anyone under 16 years of age. He believed they violated state obscenity laws due to their pornographic depictions.{{cite news |last1=Holpuch |first1=Amanda |title=Virginia Judge Dismisses Case That Sought to Limit Book Sales |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/us/virginia-obscenity-book-ban.html |access-date=31 August 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=August 31, 2022}}{{cite news |url= https://www.pilotonline.com/2022/08/30/obscenity-case-seeking-to-bar-barnes-noble-from-selling-2-books-to-minors-dismissed-by-judge/ |title= Obscenity case seeking to bar Barnes & Noble from selling 2 books to minors dismissed by judge |date= August 30, 2022 |first1= Kelsey |last1= Kendall |work= The Virginian-Pilot |access-date= November 6, 2023 |url-access= subscription}}{{cite web |url= https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2022/08/31/book-ban-virginia-tim-anderson |title= Judge rejects Virginia delegate's book banning effort |first1= Ned |last1= Oliver |publisher= Axios |date= August 31, 2022 |access-date= November 6, 2023}}