Therese Sander
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Therese Sander is a Missouri
farmer
and a former Republican
member of the Missouri House of Representatives
.
She was born in Columbia, Missouri
, and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is married and has four adult daughters: Tamara Copple, Kathleen Basi, Andrea Williamson, and Cecelia Cannon.
She is a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church, Randolph County Farm Bureau, Missouri Cattlemen's Association, Missouri Pork Producers, Moberly Area Chamber of Commerce, Missouri State Teachers Association, and Missouri Right to Life. She was appointed to the Missouri Rural Economic Development Council and to the Council of State Governments' Agriculture and Rural Policy Task Force for 2003–2004 and again for 2005-2006.
She was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2002, winning reelection in 2004, 2006. and 2008. By Missouri law she was term limited from running again in 2010.
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
farmer
Farmer
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, who raises living organisms for food or raw materials, generally including livestock husbandry and growing crops, such as produce and grain...
and a former Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
member of the Missouri House of Representatives
Missouri House of Representatives
The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 31,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections held in even-numbered years.In 1992 Missouri...
.
She was born in Columbia, Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Columbia is the fifth-largest city in Missouri, and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. With a population of 108,500 as of the 2010 Census, it is the principal municipality of the Columbia Metropolitan Area, a region of 164,283 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Boone County and as the...
, and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is married and has four adult daughters: Tamara Copple, Kathleen Basi, Andrea Williamson, and Cecelia Cannon.
She is a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church, Randolph County Farm Bureau, Missouri Cattlemen's Association, Missouri Pork Producers, Moberly Area Chamber of Commerce, Missouri State Teachers Association, and Missouri Right to Life. She was appointed to the Missouri Rural Economic Development Council and to the Council of State Governments' Agriculture and Rural Policy Task Force for 2003–2004 and again for 2005-2006.
She was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2002, winning reelection in 2004, 2006. and 2008. By Missouri law she was term limited from running again in 2010.