Cherie Buckner-Webb
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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 | October 20, 1951 |
| 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]