- Patricia Anderson
Infobox_Governor
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name= Patricia Anderson
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order= 17th
office= Minnesota State Auditor
term_start=January 6, 2003
term_end=January 2, 2007
predecessor=Judi Dutcher
successor=Rebecca Otto
birth_date= birth date and age|1966|06|4
birth_place=St. Paul,Minnesota
death_date=
death_place=
spouse=
profession=Mayor, Business Owner
party=Republican Party of Minnesota
footnotes=Patricia Anderson (born
June 4 ,1966 ) served as the 17th State Auditor of Minnesota, from 2003 to 2007. Prior to this, she was mayor ofEagan, Minnesota for four years after serving as city council member for eight years. She also owned Capitol Verification, atelemarketing business. [cite news
author= Tim Huber, Rick Linsk, and Hank Shaw
url = http://www.cpinternet.com/dwagner2/scummn01.htm
title = Politicians' Telecoms Wronged Consumers
work = St. Paul Pioneer Press
publisher = St. Paul Pioneer Press
page = 1
date = 2003-07-13
accessdate = 2007-01-03] She earned an undergraduate degree from theUniversity of Minnesota and later an M.A. in Public Administration fromHamline University .In 2002, Anderson defeated State Treasurer Carol Johnson (DFL). (She was elected as Pat Anderson Awada, the name she used prior to a divorce in 2004.)
In 2006, Anderson lost her bid for reelection to
Rebecca Otto (DFL).In January 2007, Governor
Tim Pawlenty nominated her for a position is his cabinet as Commissioner of Employee Relations.Controversy
In 2001, while serving as mayor of Eagan, Anderson was criticized for allegedly racist comments made in an interview with
Minneapolis/St. Paul newsweeklyCity Pages . Anderson was quoted as saying "This is where all of our crime is [...] It’s mostly African Americans fighting with African immigrants. It’s everything–drugs, assaults, knife fights. We had to have a police presence here." [http://citypages.com/databank/22/1068/article9567.asp]Electoral history
*2006 Race for state Auditor
**Rebecca Otto (DFL), 52%
**Pat Anderson (R) (inc.), 41%
**Lucy Gerold (IP), 5%
**Dave Berger (G), 2%*2002 Race for state Auditor
**Pat Anderson Awada (R), 45%
**Carol Johnson (DFL), 44%
**Dave Hutcheson (IP), 8%References
External links
* [http://www.andersonforauditor.com/ Campaign website]
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