Sharon Anderson
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Sharon Scarrella Anderson is an AmericanUnited States
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politician
Politician
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and a member of the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
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. She is a 1956 graduate of Saint Paul Central High School
Central High School (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
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and also attended the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
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.
Though not an attorney
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, Anderson has repeatedly sought the office of Minnesota Attorney General. Despite a reputation for eccentricity
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, she registered as a candidate and won the Republican primary election
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for Attorney General in 1994, defeating the Republican-endorsed candidate, Tom Neuville. She subsequently lost in the general election to incumbent Skip Humphrey
Skip Humphrey
Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III is a former Minnesota politician who served as attorney general of the state from 1983 to 1999. Prior to that, he was a state senator from 1973 to 1983...
. In 2006, she lost the Republican primary for the same office to Jeff Johnson, earning 42% of the vote to his 58%.
In 2009, she registered as a candidate to be mayor of St. Paul
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...
, garnering only 3.87% of the vote in the September 15 primary.
In 2010, she registered again as a Republican candidate to be Attorney General of Minnesota,
and lost again.