Sylvia Skinner Andersen was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 member of the Utah House of Representatives

Utah House of Representatives

The Utah House of Representatives is the lower house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The House is composed of 75 representatives elected from single member constituent districts. Each district contains an average population of 35,000 people...

 for the 48th House district (which largely consists of Sandy, Utah

Sandy, Utah

Sandy is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is a suburb of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,461 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth-largest city in Utah....

) from 2006 to 2008. Andersen was a member of the Utah Legislative Cultural Caucus.

Andersen was defeated in the Republican caucus by LaVar Christensen

LaVar Christensen

LaVar Christensen is a American politician from Utah, serving as a state representative from the state's 48th district January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2006; January 1, 2011. Christensen was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in Utah's 2nd congressional district...

, who had been the State Representative for the district until he ran for the Utah State House in 2006.

Other activities

Andersen is the CEO of the N.E.C. Group, a company that runs home shows in Utah and California. She also holds a position in the Sandy Chamber of Commerce.

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