Kendra Anderson
Kendra Anderson | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Rhode Island Senate from the 31st district | |
| In office January 5, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Erin Lynch Prata |
| Succeeded by | Matthew LaMountain |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 27, 1957 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Hamilton College (BA) |
| Website | https://www.kendraandersonri.com/ |
Kendra Anderson (born June 27, 1957) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate for the 31st district from 2021 to 2023.
Career
Anderson is an ESOL teacher and the founder of Climate Action Rhode Island.
In 2019, Anderson, a progressive, announced that she would challenge longtime incumbent senator and Judiciary Committee chair Erin Lynch Prata in the Democratic primary. Lynch Prata declined to run for re-election, instead accepting an appointment to the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and Anderson won the primary and general election.
In the Senate, Anderson made the climate crisis a top priority, and she cited the passage of a $15 minimum wage and climate legislation among the achievements of her term. On March 29, 2022, she announced that she would not seek re-election and endorsed Harrison Tuttle, executive director of the Black Lives Matter RI PAC, to succeed her in the redrawn district. Anderson said that after leaving the Senate she planned to take the University of Rhode Island Master Gardener course and broaden her work on sustainable food systems in Rhode Island and the Northeast.
In the 2024 presidential election, Anderson endorsed author Marianne Williamson's presidential bid.
References
- 1 2 Senator Kendra Anderson. State of Rhode Island General Assembly. Accessed 6/13/2021.
- ↑ Kendra Anderson to Challenge Lynch Prata for RI Senate District 31 Seat. October 05, 2019. GoLocalProv.
- ↑ Kendra Anderson. ballotpedia.
- 1 2 "RI Political Diary: Anderson Not Seeking Re-election - Endorses BLM RI PAC's Tuttle for Seat". GoLocalProv. March 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Malm, Alex (March 30, 2022). "Sen. Anderson endorses Tuttle to replace her in new Dist. 31". Warwick Beacon. Retrieved October 28, 2026.
- ↑ "New endorsements + Update from the road in NH!". Archive of Political Emails. July 5, 2023. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
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