{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Kendra Anderson | image = | state_senate = Rhode Island | district = 31st | term_start = January 5, 2021 | term_end = January 3, 2023 | predecessor = Erin Lynch Prata | successor = Matthew LaMountain | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|6|27}}<ref name=rilegislature>[https://www.rilegislature.gov/senators/anderson/Pages/Biography.aspx Senator Kendra Anderson]. State of Rhode Island General Assembly. Accessed 6/13/2021.</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | spouse = | children = | education = Hamilton College (BA) | profession = | website = https://www.kendraandersonri.com/ | signature = }}
'''Kendra Anderson''' (born June 27, 1957) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate for the 31st district from 2021 to 2023.
==Career== Anderson is an ESOL teacher and the founder of Climate Action Rhode Island.<ref name=rilegislature/>
In 2019, Anderson, a progressive, announced that she would challenge longtime incumbent senator and Judiciary Committee chair Erin Lynch Prata in the Democratic primary.<ref>[https://www.golocalprov.com/politics/kendra-anderson-to-challenge-lynch-prata-for-ri-senate-district-31-seat Kendra Anderson to Challenge Lynch Prata for RI Senate District 31 Seat]. October 05, 2019. ''GoLocalProv.''</ref> Lynch Prata declined to run for re-election, instead accepting an appointment to the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and Anderson won the primary and general election.<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Kendra_Anderson Kendra Anderson]. ''ballotpedia.''</ref>
In the 2024 presidential election, Anderson endorsed author Marianne Williamson's presidential bid.<ref name=mendesvogt>{{Cite web |url=https://politicalemails.org/messages/1099736 |title=New endorsements + Update from the road in NH! |website=Archive of Political Emails |date=July 5, 2023 |access-date=October 28, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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