Johnny Anders
| John Earl "Johnny" Anders, Jr. | |
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| Mayor of Stamford, Texas | |
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In office 2005 – Incumbent |
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| Preceded by | Oscar Armstrong |
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| Born |
July 14, 1950 Stamford, Jones County, Texas, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Cindy Albus Anders (married since 1998) |
| Children |
John William Anders |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | Baptist |
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(1) Prior to his mayoral service, Anders was a member of the Stamford City Council. (2) Anders' unusual hobby -- metal art work -- attracted the attention in 2007 of Bob Phillips' Texas Country Reporter syndicated television series. (3) One of Anders' dinosaur exhibits is located in Harmon Park in Stamford. (4) As mayor, Anders pushed successfully for an appointed, rather than an elected, police chief, a change which contributed to a reduction in the crime rate in the small city of Stamford. |
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John William Anders
Stepdaughters
Tammy Lindley
(1) Prior to his mayoral service, Anders was a member of the Stamford City Council.
(2) Anders' unusual hobby -- metal art work -- attracted the attention in 2007 of Bob Phillips' Texas Country Reporter syndicated television series.
(3) One of Anders' dinosaur exhibits is located in Harmon Park in Stamford.
John Earl Anders, Jr., known as Johnny Anders (born July 14, 1950), is an automobile body shop owner who engages in the unusual hobby of metal artwork and also serves as the mayor of Stamford in northern Jones County in West Texas. Stamford is north of Abilene and straddles the boundary with Haskell County to the north. Anders was also a member of the Stamford City Council from 1997 until his election as mayor in the spring of 2005.
Anders was elected in 2005, when the incumbent, Oscar Armstrong, did not seek another term. On May 12, 2007, Anders was reelected to a second two-year term, having defeated opponent Gwen Baker, 336-127. Texas municipal elections are nonpartisan, and Anders considers himself an Independent. However, in 2006, he endorsed the Republican Jim Landtroop of Plainview in Hale County, who fell short in a highly publicized bid to succeed the retiring Democrat Pete Laney, a former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. Landtroop rebounded to win the seat handily in the November 2, 2010, general election.
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