Rodney Anderson is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the

Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no Term limits in the United States, term limits. The ...

from 2015 to 2019, representing the 105th district. He previously represented the 106th district from 2011 to 2013.

Early life and education

Anderson was born and raised in

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. In 1990, he earned a

Bachelor of Business Administration A Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is an undergraduate degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of four years and typically 120 credits of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of busine ...

in Real Estate from the

University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA or UT Arlington) is a public research university in Arlington, Texas, United States. It is the second oldest university in the University of Texas System and was founded in 1895. It was in the Texas A& ...

Career

Anderson was elected to the

in 2010 and took office in 2011. After annual redistricting where he was paired with another incumbent Republican, he chose not to run for re-election in 2012. He ran in 2014 where he defeated Linda Harper-Brown in the 105th district. He was defeated for re-election by Democrat Terry Meza and left office in January 2019. In March 2019, Anderson was selected to serve as the Chairman of the Dallas County Republican Party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Rodney Living people Republican Party members of the Texas House of Representatives People from Grand Prairie, Texas University of Texas at Arlington alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Grand Prairie High School alumni 21st-century members of the Texas Legislature