State Rep Glenn Anderson, R-Fall City, today announced his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor in the November 2012 elections.

Rep. Anderson will challenge the current Lieutenant Gov. Brad Owen.

“We all know that our nation and state face exceptionally challenging circumstances. This situation requires very hard work and creativity to recapture the American Dream in Washington,” Anderson said in a press release. “Olympia must step out of its comfort zone of bending to organized special interests – of both the left and the right – to empower the greater, common good. The current Lieutenant Governor has now served 16 consecutive years,and is seeking re-election to a fifth term. What will the citizens ofthe state get in the next four years that they failed to achieve in the last 16 from the incumbent?”

The lieutenant governor presides over the state Senate.