Jim Anderson is a Republican

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 member of the Wyoming Senate

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 for the 2nd district, encompassing Converse County and Platte County.

Biography

Jim Anderson was born on March 17, 1943 in Douglas, Wyoming

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. He graduated from Chadron State College

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 in Chadron, Nebraska

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, then did some postgraduate work at the University of Wyoming

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He served as a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives

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 from 1997 to 2000. Since 2001, he has served as a member of the Wyoming Senate. He currently serves as President of the Wyoming Senate. He has stated that education

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 is "the biggest social issue." He is opposed to gambling

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. In 2010, he sponsored a bill of 'cowboy

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 ethics' after reading James Owen's book, Code of the West, about applying these principles to business

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He is a member of the Rotary International

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, the Glenrock Chamber of Commerce

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, the National Rifle Association

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, Moose International

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. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Mining Associates of Wyoming. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Council of State Governments

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He lives in Glenrock, Wyoming

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. He is married with two children and four grandchildren. He is a Protestant.