Linda Cooper-Suggs
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Representative Linda Cooper-Suggs | |
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| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 24th district | |
| In office July 27, 2020 – January 1, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Jean Farmer-Butterfield |
| Succeeded by | Ken Fontenot |
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| Born | 1953 (age 72–73) |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | North Carolina A&T State University (BA) East Carolina University (MA) |
| Occupation | Educator |
Linda Darnell Cooper-Suggs (born 1953) is an American politician. She is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She has represented the 24th district (composed of all of Wilson County) from 2020 to 2023.[1]
Cooper-Suggs was selected by Democratic party activists from Wilson County on July 25, 2020 to represent the 24th House district, a vacancy left by the resignation of Jean Farmer-Butterfield.[2] Her appointment was approved by North Carolina governor Roy Cooper on July 27, 2020. She ran for the same office in November 2020 and won the election on 3 November 2020 from the platform of Democratic Party. She secured fifty-three percent of the vote while her closest rival Republican Mick Rankin secured forty-seven percent.[3]