Senator Bruce Anderson Contact information

Bruce Douglas Anderson was born on March 12, 1950, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. He is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party of Minnesota. He represents District 29, which includes portions of Hennepin and Wright Counties in central Minnesota.

Anderson attended North Hennepin Junior College in Brooklyn Park in 1968–69, and received aviation electronics training during his time in the United States Navy in 1970–73. He received an A.A. in agribusiness from Willmar Technical College in 1976, and later earned a B.S. in business management from Northwestern College. He was a sales manager for Centra Sota Cooperative from 1976 to 1986.

He was a member of the Minnesota Governor’s Advisory Board for Technology for Persons with Disabilities in the 1990s. Anderson was a member of the Minnesota Air National Guard, and a former Master Sergeant in the United States Air National Guard. He was the 1990 Republican-endorsed candidate for the United States House of Representatives in the old 6th Congressional District.

Anderson was first elected to the House in 1994, and was reelected every two years until 2010. Before the 2002 legislative redistricting, he represented the old District 19B. He was a member of the House Public Safety Policy and Oversight Committee and the Rules and Legislative Administration Committee. He also served on the Finance subcommittees for the Bioscience and Workforce Development Policy and Oversight Division, the Capital Investment Finance Division, and the Energy Finance and Policy Division.

Anderson was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2012. He has served eighteen years in the Minnesota House of Representatives and is in his fourth year of his first term in the MN State Senate.

On the personal front, Anderson was married to Dottie until her death in September 2006. He later married Ruth. He has five children and resides in Buffalo Township, Minnesota. In May of 2009, Bruce was remarried to Ruth Luffey of Montrose, MN. Joining Bruce’s family of five children, Ruth has three children — Kristina, Elise, and Jeremy. The new family for Bruce and Ruth Anderson together totals eight children. Additionally, Bruce and Ruth together have eleven grandchildren.