Pamela Anderson (born October 23, 1950) is an American politician and former banker serving as a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 41st district.

Early life and education

Pamela Anderson was born in

Fargo, North Dakota Fargo ( /ˈfɑɹɡoʊ/) is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, North Dakota, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 125,990, making it the most populous city in the state and the 219th-most populous city in ...

. Growing up in Minnewaukan, North Dakota, she became class president in her junior and senior years and graduated valedictorian of her class. She studied at the

University of North Dakota The University of North Dakota (also known as UND or North Dakota) is a public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of ...

and obtained both her bachelor's and master's in economics.

Career

Banking

In 1973, she moved back to Fargo where she pursued a career in banking. From 1973 to 1990, she was the vice president of

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. She left U.S. bank in 1990 and started a career at

Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company with corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California; operational headquarters in Manhattan; and managerial offices throughout the United States and intern ...

the same year. She worked at Wells Fargo from 1990 to 2005 where she was the senior vice president regional trust manager. In 2005, she retired from Wells Fargo and in 2014 she was elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives.

Politics

Anderson first ran for North Dakota's 41st district for the Democrat ticket in 2014 and defeated incumbent Republican

Bette Grande Bette B. Grande (born January 25, 1961) is a North Dakota Republican Party politician who represented the 41st district alongside Al Carlson in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1997 to 2014. Grande is a member of the American Le ...

. Anderson won re-election in 2018. Anderson introduced a bill to increase the legal age of using tobacco products to 19 years of age unless the individual is active military and penned a letter explaining her ideas on how to help small businesses that are being affected to COVID-19.

Personal life

She married Wayne T. Anderson, a practicing lawyer in Fargo for 35 years, and had three children. Wayne died on July 12, 2013. She has four grandchildren.

References

External links

Official biography
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