(D- Waynesboro) HD 123

State Representative Alberta J. Anderson is a native of Burke County Georgia. She graduated from Waynesboro High School in Waynesboro, Georgia. She attended Seattle University in the state of Washington and Savannah State College (now university). Representative Alberta Anderson is employed with Richmond/Burke Job Training Authority (WIA) in Augusta, Georgia as an Adult Career Advisor.

In 1993, Representative Anderson entered the world of politics when she was elected to the Waynesboro City Council where she served a two-year term. In 1995, Representative Anderson ran in a special election to fill the unexpired term of former State Representative Bettieanne Childers Hart (D-House District 116). She successfully won that election, and she has served as a state legislator for almost ten years. Representative Anderson was re-elected in 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002. Currently she serves as a member of the following House committees: Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Banks and Banking and Education.

A woman with a servant’s heart, Anderson’s number one priority is to improve the quality of life for the residents of her community and the state of Georgia at large. She is especially concerned about addressing the needs of those citizens who are mistreated, forgotten and abused.