Norma Anderson is an American former state legislator from Colorado. A Republican, she represented Jefferson County in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1987 until 1998.[1]

She served in the Colorado Senate from 1999 until 2006.[2] She was the first woman to serve as majority leader in the Colorado House and Colorado Senate. A pre-school was named for her and she is a member of the Jefferson County Historical Commission Hall of Fame.[3]

She has lived in Lakewood, Colorado and has three children. She resigned her senate seat in 2006 to spend more time with her family.[4]

An interview with her was recorded in 2011.[5] Anderson left the Republican Party over its support for Donald Trump.[6]

Anderson is a plaintiff on a court case (Anderson v. Griswold) seeking to prohibit former President Trump, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, from the Colorado ballot based on the insurrection clause of the 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution.[7] Trump was ultimately disqualified from the Colorado Republican primary; it was the first time a presidential candidate had ever been barred from running because of the clause.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Women who served in the Colorado House of Representatives |".
  2. ↑ "Vote Smart | Facts For All". Vote Smart.
  3. ↑ https://historicjeffco.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/hof-norma-anderson.pdf
  4. ↑ "After 19 years, Sen. Anderson retires from "the game"". January 3, 2006.
  5. ↑ "Interview with Norma Anderson, September 28, 2011 · Jeffco Stories". jeffcostories.omeka.net.
  6. ↑ Friednash, Doug (February 25, 2021). "Two prominent Coloradans jump their parties' ships. What does that say about our two-party system?". The Denver Post. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  7. ↑ Young, Quentin (September 6, 2023). "Lawsuit seeks to bar Trump from presidential ballot in Colorado". Colorado Newsline. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  8. ↑ Joseph, Cameron (December 29, 2023). "Why did Maine and Colorado disqualify Trump from their ballots?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
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