Anderson chaired the House Committee on Science and Technology (2010–2017),and served on the House committees on Finance (2010–2017),General Laws (2010–2017),and Transportation (2012–2017).[2]
Anderson joined the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) as a cadet in 1969,and has been a CAP member since then. He progressed through the cadet program becoming the 200th recipient of the General Carl A. Spatz promoting to the grade Cadet Colonel. He served as National Commander with the CAP rank of brigadier general August 1993 – August 1996,[4] and was chairman of the CAP Board of Governors February 2011 – February 2013.[5]
Political career
After his U.S. Air Force retirement,Anderson entered politics,gaining the Republican nomination for the Virginia House of Delegates 51st district in the 2009 election. He defeated first-term Democrat Paul F. Nichols by less than two percentage points.[6] Anderson ran unopposed in 2011,and defeated Democrat Reed Heddleston by roughly 2,000 votes in 2013. In 2015,Anderson ran unopposed for re-election to his fourth term in office.
Anderson was chairman of the Virginia House Committee on Science and Technology.
↑ Vozzella, Laura (March 11, 2025). "Trump names Va. GOP Chair Rich Anderson Air Force assistant secretary". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 12, 2025. President Donald Trump on Tuesday named Virginia GOP Chairman Rich Anderson to serve as assistant secretary of the Air Force, where the retired colonel had served for 30 years before leaving the Pentagon for politics in 2009... No date was immediately set for the GOP to replace Anderson because the timing of his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing and a vote by the full Senate are yet to be determined, Anderson said in a written statement.
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