Brenda Clack
{{Short description|American politician (born 1945)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Brenda Clack
| image =
| state_house = Michigan
| state = Michigan
| district = 34th
| party = Democratic
| term_start = January 1, 2003
| term_end = December 31, 2008
| predecessor = Dave Woodward
| successor = Woodrow Stanley
| order2 =
| office2 = County Commissioner
| term_start2 = 2009
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = Woodrow Stanley
| successor2 =
| constituency2 = Genesee County 2nd District
| majority2 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|7|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place =
| religion =
| spouse = Floyd Clack
}}
Brenda Clack (born July 22, 1945) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. She is a Democrat and was until 2009 a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. She represented the 34th House District ([https://web.archive.org/web/20081011164512/http://034.housedems.com/images/district-maps/034.jpg map]), which is located in Genesee County, and includes much of the city of Flint. She chaired the Families and Children's Services Committee.
Early life
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Clack graduated from Tennessee State University in 1969, receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in education. She graduated from Eastern Michigan University. She worked as a teacher in the Flint Area public school system for several years. She was chosen as Michigan's economics teacher of the year in 1995. She is married to former State Representative Floyd Clack, and they have two children. Clack is African-American.
Political career
Clack was elected to the State House in 2002.[http://www.gc4me.com/departments/board_of_commissioners_1/district_brenda_clack.php Profile: Commissioner Brenda Clack District 2], gc4me.com. Accessed November 6, 2022. She represented the 34th district, which includes much of the city of Flint and is overwhelmingly Democratic. She never faced a serious challenge for re-election. Term limits prevented her from running for re-election in 2008. She sat on the Education, Families and Children's Services, Health Policy, and the New Economy and Quality of Life Committees. In 2008, Clack ran for and won election the First District Genesee County Board of Commissioners.{{cite web| title =General Election Official Results| publisher =County of Genesee| date =November 4, 2008| url =http://www.co.genesee.mi.us/clerk/images/Election%20results/CurrentElecResults/elecdata/SUMMARY.HTM| access-date =2009-01-02| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20081208211656/http://www.co.genesee.mi.us/clerk/images/Election%20results/CurrentElecResults/elecdata/SUMMARY.HTM| archive-date =December 8, 2008}}
Finished in second place in the 2009 Flint Mayoral primary. With 16.22 percent of the vote, she edged out Darryl E. Buchanan by 14 votes.{{cite news |first=Julie |last=Morrison |title="Every vote counts:" Brenda Clack ekes out victory in Flint mayoral primary; Dayne Walling collects 44.4 percent of the vote to lead field in six-way race |work=Flint Journal |date=May 6, 2009 |access-date=2009-11-09 |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/05/every_vote_counts_brenda_clack.html }} On August 4, 2009, Clack lost the special general mayoral election against Dayne Walling.
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Category:County commissioners in Michigan
Category:Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives
Category:African-American state legislators in Michigan
Category:Tennessee State University alumni
Category:Eastern Michigan University alumni
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Category:21st-century African-American women politicians