Born August 21, 1943, in Waterloo, son of Russell and Kay Anderson. Graduated Columbus High School. Served in Air Force from 1961-64. Factory worker for Deere and Co., vice president for UAW Local 838. Member: Sierra Club, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Life member of NAACP; Amvets Post 49, Cedar Falls; American Civil Liberties Union, Common Cause, National Organization for Women. President and founder of the Iowa Freedom Foundation. Vice president of Iowa UAW CAP Council. Catholic. Wife, Bonnie Jean; six sons and one daughter. First term.

Born Aug. 21, 1943, in Waterloo, son of Russell and Kay Anderson. Graduated Columbus High School. Served in Air Force from 1961 to 1964. Factory worker for Deere and Co., and secretary for UAW Local #838. Past member of Waterloo Jaycees, Amvets Post #19 and board of directors of Boy Scouts for Winnebago Council. Appointed to Black Hawk County Crime Commission, 1970. Member of board of directors of McElroy-ConWay Civic Center, Goodwill Industries, University of Iowa Alumni Council, and Common Cause. Vice president of Iowa UAW CAP Council. Served as chairman of Black Hawk County, 3rd District, and State Democratic Platform committees, 1978; currently on Iowa Democratic State Central Committee. Catholic. Wife, Bonnie Jean; six sons and one daughter. First term.