Cherie Buckner-Webb

{{short description|American politician from Idaho}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Cherie Buckner-Webb

|office = Member of the Idaho Senate
from District 19

|term_start = December 1, 2012

|term_end = November 30, 2020

|predecessor = Nicole LeFavour

|successor = Melissa Wintrow

|office2 = Member of the Idaho House of Representatives
from District 19 Seat A

|term_start2 = December 1, 2010

|term_end2 = November 30, 2012

|predecessor2 = Anne Pasley-Stuart

|successor2 = Mat Erpelding

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|10|20}}

|birth_place = Boise, Idaho, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|alma_mater = George Fox University
Northwest Nazarene University

|website = [http://www.votecheriebuckner-webb.org Campaign website]

}}

Cherie Buckner-Webb (born October 29, 1951){{cite web |url= http://legislature.idaho.gov/senate/membershipSingle.cfm?ID=1177 |title= House Membership: Cherie Buckner-Webb |publisher= Idaho Legislature |location= Boise, Idaho |access-date= July 6, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130126051133/http://legislature.idaho.gov/senate/membershipSingle.cfm?ID=1177 |archive-date= January 26, 2013 |url-status= dead }} 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.{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/119944/cherie-buckner-webb |title= Representative Cherie Buckner-Webb's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |access-date= July 6, 2012}} In 2012 Buckner-Webb won the district's Idaho Senate seat, succeeding the retiring Nicole LeFavour.[http://sos.idaho.gov/ELECT/results/ENR/statewide_total.html 2012 - General Election Statewide Totals] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126014502/http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/results/enr/statewide_total.html |date=2012-11-26 }} (accessed 8 November 2012) 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.[http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/12/06/2371190/shake-up-at-the-statehouse.html "Idaho House Republicans oust Speaker Denney in a rare coup for a tradition-bound body"] Idaho Statesman, December 6, 2012 (accessed 6 December 2012).{{Cite web|url=https://legislature.idaho.gov/senate/leadership/|title=Senate Leadership – Idaho State Legislature|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-20}}

Buckner-Webb did not seek re-election in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/capitol-watch/cherie-buckner-webb-wont-seek-reelection-boise-idaho-legislature/277-6b57ec5b-65f0-4862-8a2c-acb985624260|title=Boise Sen. Cherie Buckner-Webb will not run for re-election|website=ktvb.com|accessdate=Jan 23, 2021}} Buckner-Webb instead ran for College of Western Idaho Zone 5 Trustee and won unopposed.{{cite web |title=ADA COUNTY, IDAHO November 2020 General 11/03/2020 |url=https://adacounty.id.gov/elections/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/01-Ada-County-Results-Election-Night-November-2020-Official.pdf |website=adacounty.id.gov |publisher=Ada County Clerk's Office |access-date=11 December 2021 |page=15 |date=3 November 2020}}