Cherie Buckner-Webb

Cherie Buckner-Webb
Member of the Idaho Senate
from District 19
In office
December 1, 2012 – November 30, 2020
Preceded byNicole LeFavour
Succeeded byMelissa Wintrow
Member of the Idaho House of Representatives
from District 19 Seat A
In office
December 1, 2010 – November 30, 2012
Preceded byAnne Pasley-Stuart
Succeeded byMat Erpelding
Personal details
Born (1951-10-20) October 20, 1951 (age 73)
Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materGeorge Fox University
Northwest Nazarene University
WebsiteCampaign 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]

  1. ^ "House Membership: Cherie Buckner-Webb". Boise, Idaho: Idaho Legislature. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "Representative Cherie Buckner-Webb's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  3. ^ 2012 - General Election Statewide Totals Archived 2012-11-26 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 8 November 2012)
  4. ^ "Idaho House Republicans oust Speaker Denney in a rare coup for a tradition-bound body" Idaho Statesman, December 6, 2012 (accessed 6 December 2012).
  5. ^ "Senate Leadership – Idaho State Legislature". Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  6. ^ "Boise Sen. Cherie Buckner-Webb will not run for re-election". ktvb.com. Retrieved Jan 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "ADA COUNTY, IDAHO November 2020 General 11/03/2020" (PDF). adacounty.id.gov. Ada County Clerk's Office. 3 November 2020. p. 15. Retrieved 11 December 2021.