Leah Landrum Taylor

{{Short description|American politician (born 1966)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}}

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| name =Leah Landrum Taylor

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| state_senate =Arizona

| district =27th

| term_start =January 2013

| term_end =January 2015

| predecessor =Olivia Cajero Bedford

| succeeded =Catherine Miranda

| state_senate2 =Arizona

| district2 =16th

| term_start2 =January 2007

| term_end2 =January 2013

| predecessor2 =Linda Aguirre

| succeeded2 =Rich Crandall

| party =Democratic

| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1966|8|23}}

| birth_place =Phoenix, Arizona

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| alma_mater =Arizona State University

| profession =Businesswoman, educator

| spouse =Gregory

| residence =Phoenix, Arizona

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Leah Landrum Taylor (born August 23, 1966) is a Democratic politician. She was in the Arizona legislature for sixteen years, first in the House of Representatives from 1999 through 2007, then in the Senate from 2007 to 2015. She represented the 23rd, 16th, and 27th districts; the lines were redrawn at the beginning of each decade. Landrum Taylor was the Senate minority leader from January to October 2013.{{cite news |last=Rau |first=Alia Beard |date=October 29, 2013 |title=Sen. Leah Landrum Taylor ousted as minority leader |url=https://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20131029leah-landrum-taylor-ousted-senate.html |newspaper=The Arizona Republic |access-date=August 17, 2015 }} During her final term, Landrum Taylor was the only African-American in the Legislature.{{cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20140114fewer-black-leaders-arizona-political-table.html|title=Fewer Black leaders have seat at Arizona political table|work=The Arizona Republic|access-date=May 9, 2016}}

She is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority.