Politics & Government

Rep. Diane Anderson Files for Re-Election in District 51A

Anderson, an incumbent, will face Democratic challenge Sandy Masin in the 2012 election cycle.

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District 51A Rep. Diane Anderson (R) intends to focus on the state's business climate, education funding and goverment accountability in her bid for re-election this year.

Anderson highlighted those issues in a press release announcing that the incumbent legislator had filed for re-election last Friday. Anderson, who lives in Eagan, has a bachelors of science degree from the University of Minnesota. During her first term as a state representative, she served on the Health and Human Services Finance Committee, the Commerce and Regluatory Reform Committee and the Judiciary Policy and Finance Committee.

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“This district needs a fiscally conservative representative who is committed to helping Minnesotans keep more of their hard earned paychecks," Anderson wrote in the press release. "It is important to improve Minnesota's job climate."


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