State Representative Mark Anderson serves the 62nd House District which includes Barkhamsted, Granby, Hartland, and New Hartford. He was elected to his third term in November of 2024.
Rep. Anderson currently serves as the Ranking Member of the legislature’s Veterans’ & Military Affairs Committee. Additionally, he serves on the Education, Environment, and Transportation committees.
In 2024, Rep. Anderson led an effort to secure a steady water flow of the Farmington River in order to create a safer environment for recreation and healthier aquatic wildlife populations. The new law was passed unanimously.
Mark was born in Hartford and was raised in East Granby and Granville, Massachusetts. He has also lived in Springfield and Hampden, Massachusetts, and East Hartland. He attended schools in the region, graduated from Western New England University, and recently completed a Master’s in Public Policy from Liberty University.
Professionally, Mark has had a long career as an Army Reserve Officer in the Military Intelligence branch and worked full time as an Army Reserve civilian administrator. He also spent two and a half years mobilized to the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C., and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.
A resident of Granby since 2015, Mark lives with his wife Carole, and they have a blended family with three adult daughters, and two sons. Both Carole and Mark lost their first spouses to cancer.
In his spare time, Mark enjoys all of the outdoor opportunities the district has to offer for hiking, cross country skiing, fishing, hunting, and paddling on the Farmington River.
