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|term_end=1996
|term_end=1996
|preceded=Evelyn Blackmon
|preceded=Evelyn Blackmon
|succeeded=James Arthur "Mike" Walsworth
|succeeded=[[Mike Walsworth]]
|birth_name=
|birth_name=
|birth_place=Louisiana
|birth_place=Louisiana
In the 1987 general election, Anding narrowly defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] David Glen Haynes (born c. 1954) to claim the seat vacated by Democrat Evelyn Blackmon, the first woman elected to the legislature from Ouachita Parish. Blackmon ran third in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] and was hence eliminated from the second round of balloting.<ref>{Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.}</ref> Anding prevailed by 201 votes, 5,672 (50.9 percent) to Haynes's 5,471 (49.1 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 21, 1987.</ref>
In the 1987 general election, Anding narrowly defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] David Glen Haynes (born c. 1954) to claim the seat vacated by Democrat Evelyn Blackmon, the first woman elected to the legislature from Ouachita Parish. Blackmon ran third in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] and was hence eliminated from the second round of balloting.<ref>{Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.}</ref> Anding prevailed by 201 votes, 5,672 (50.9 percent) to Haynes's 5,471 (49.1 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 21, 1987.</ref>
No Republican challenged Anding in 1991, and he received 81 percent of the vote to secure his second term. In 1995, however, he was toppled by the Republican Michael Arthur "Mike" Walsworth, since a state senator but no longer in that office. Walsworth received 7,745 votes (54.7 percent) to Anding's 6,403 (45.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref>
No Republican challenged Anding in 1991, and he received 81 percent of the vote to secure his second term. In 1995, however, he was toppled by the Republican [[Mike Walsworth]], since a state senator until January 2020. Walsworth received 7,745 votes (54.7 percent) to Anding's 6,403 (45.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref>
The Andings had three children, Anita Anding, Shirley A. Downs, and Earnest Anding. He died at the age of seventy-five and is interred in West Monroe at Luna Methodist Cemetery.<ref name=resolution>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanewsbureau.com/inst/2004RS/HR/00/HR77_EN.PDF|title=Regular Session, 2004 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 77|publisher=lanewsbureau.com|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref>
The Andings had three children, Anita Anding, Shirley A. Downs, and Earnest Anding. He died at the age of seventy-five and is interred in West Monroe at Luna Methodist Cemetery.<ref name=resolution>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanewsbureau.com/inst/2004RS/HR/00/HR77_EN.PDF|title=Regular Session, 2004 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 77|publisher=lanewsbureau.com|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref>