Cherie Buckner-Webb

Education

George Fox University.

Career

In 2010 Buckner-Webb was elected to a single term in the Idaho House of Representatives representing the north Boise-based District 19. 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 chairman

Buckner-Webb earned her bachelor"s degree from George Fox University and her master"s degree in social work from Northwest Nazarene University.

She faced Republican challenger Paul Nelson O"Leary in the November 6, 2012, general election, defeating him by a 70-30 margin.

Achievements

• In 2012 Buckner-Webb won the district"s Idaho Senate seat, succeeding the retiring Nicole LeFavour. 2012 Unopposed for the May 15, 2012, Democratic primary, Buckner-Webb won with 2,473 votes. 2010 When three-term Democratic Representative Anne Pasley-Stuart left the seat open, Buckner-Webb won the three-way 25 May, 2010, Democratic primary with 2,158 votes (784%) against David Cadwell and J. Dallas Gudgell. Buckner-Webb made state history, however, when she won the November 2, 2010, general election with 10,196 votes (684%) against Jim Morland, becoming Idaho"s first elected African American state legislator, and its first African American woman legislator.