Cherie Buckner-Webb | |
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Member of the Idaho Senate from District 19 | |
In office December 1, 2012 –November 30, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Nicole LeFavour |
Succeeded by | Melissa Wintrow |
Member of the Idaho House of Representatives from District 19 Seat A | |
In office December 1,2010 –November 30,2012 | |
Preceded by | Anne Pasley-Stuart |
Succeeded by | Mat Erpelding |
Personal details | |
Born | Boise,Idaho,U.S. | October 20,1951
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | George Fox University Northwest Nazarene University |
Website | Campaign website |
Cherie Buckner-Webb (born October 29,1951) [1] is a Democratic politician from Boise,Idaho. In 2010 Buckner-Webb was elected to a single term in the Idaho House of Representatives representing the north Boise-based District 19. [2] In 2012 Buckner-Webb won the district's Idaho Senate seat,succeeding the retiring Nicole LeFavour. [3] She is Idaho's first elected African-American state legislator,and its first African-American woman legislator.
Upon taking office in the Idaho Senate Buckner-Webb was elected Democratic caucus chair,and she later served as assistant minority leader. [4] [5]
Buckner-Webb did not seek re-election in 2020. [6] Buckner-Webb instead ran for College of Western Idaho Zone 5 Trustee and won unopposed. [7]
Buckner-Webb earned her bachelor's degree from George Fox University and her master's degree in social work from Northwest Nazarene University. Buckner-Webb made state history when she won the November 2,2010 general election with 10,196 votes (68.4%) against Jim Morland, [8] becoming Idaho's first elected African American state legislator,and its first African American woman legislator. [9]
Year | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Candidate | Votes | Pct |
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2010 Primary [10] | Cherie Buckner-Webb | 2,158 | 78.4% | David Cadwell | 564 | 20.5% | Dallas Gudgell | 29 | 1.1% |
2010 General [11] | Cherie Buckner-Webb | 10,196 | 68.4% | Jim Morland | 4,716 | 31.6% |
Year | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Candidate | Votes | Pct |
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2012 Primary [12] | Cherie Buckner-Webb | 2,873 | 100% | |||
2012 General [13] | Cherie Buckner-Webb | 15,778 | 70.0% | Paul O'Leary | 6,755 | 30.0% |
2014 Primary [14] | Cherie Buckner-Webb (incumbent) | 2,795 | 100% | |||
2014 General [15] | Cherie Buckner-Webb (incumbent) | 13,240 | 74.0% | Tony Snesko | 4,659 | 26.0% |
2016 Primary [16] | Cherie Buckner-Webb (incumbent) | 2,923 | 100.0% | |||
2016 General [17] | Cherie Buckner-Webb (incumbent) | 19,679 | 100% |
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