Dick Anderson

GRANVILLE – The District 6 Republican Executive Committee voted Sunday, Nov. 16, in Granville to censure one of its legislators over his vote on a gay marriage resolution in the 2025 legislative session, according to a release from the committee Wednesday, Nov. 19.

Rep. Dick Anderson, R-Willow City, responded he doesn’t consider his censure to be a major concern. He and then District 6 representative Paul Thomas, now a senator, also were censured in 2021 for voting with the majority in expelling Rep. Luke Simons, R-Dickinson, after he was accused of a pattern of sexual harassment.

The District 6 party did not endorse Thomas and Anderson in the 2024 election cycle. Instead, they successfully campaigned with Dan Vollmer, a new House candidate, to defeat the endorsed candidat

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