Marie Redd

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Marie Redd

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|state_senate = West Virginia

|district = 5th

|term_start = {{start date|1998|12|01}}

|term_end = {{end date|2002|12|01}}

|predecessor = Thomas Francis Scott

|successor = Evan Jenkins

|birth_place = Huntington, West Virginia

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|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|spouse = William L. Redd

|residence = Huntington, West Virginia

|alma_mater = Marshall University (B.A.)
Marshall University (M.A.)

|profession = Social Security Advocate

|website =

}}

Marie Redd is a United States politician from the state of West Virginia. Redd was a Democratic West Virginia State Senator from the 5th district, which contains Cabell County and a small portion of Wayne County. In 1998, she defeated incumbent Republican Thomas F. Scott in the general election, thereby becoming the first African-American state senator in West Virginia history.{{Cite web | url=http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Educational/publications/legis_women.pdf | title=Chronology of Women in the West Virginia Legislature 1922-2009 | website=www.legis.state.wv.us}} Redd lost to Evan Jenkins in the 2002 Democratic primary election and again in 2006.

Personal

Marie Redd is married to attorney William Redd and they have two children, Lemarquis and D'Ann Redd. Prior to her election to the West Virginia Senate in 1998, Redd was an associate professor of criminal justice at Marshall University and worked at the IBM Corporation for 18 years.{{Cite news|date=October 6, 2014|title=Candidate profile: Marie Redd|work=The Herald-Dispatch|url=https://www.herald-dispatch.com/candidate-profile-marie-redd/article_c21cc107-e5eb-51ff-9321-a35faba0ffe1.html}} Redd was an unsuccessful candidate for the Cabell County Commission in 2014.{{Cite news|last=Johnson|first=Curtis|date=November 5, 2014|title=Cartmill has a big lead for Cabell County Commission|work=The Herald-Dispatch|url=https://www.herald-dispatch.com/elections/cartmill-has-a-big-lead-for-cabell-county-commission/article_11e76166-35f8-5970-b399-cfba7342acf8.html}} She was named a West Virginia Wonder Woman by West Virginia Living Magazine in 2020.{{Cite news|last=Carter|first=Jordan|date=October 1, 2020|title=2020 West Virginia Wonder Woman Marie Redd|work=WV Living Magazine|url=https://wvliving.com/wonder-woman/marie-redd-2020/}}

References

External links

[http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=408 Analysis of Redd's campaigns in 1998 and 2002.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060814234935/http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=408 |date=2006-08-14 }}

Category:Living people

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:21st-century African-American politicians

Category:African-American history of West Virginia

Category:African-American state legislators in West Virginia

Category:21st-century African-American women politicians

Category:20th-century African-American women politicians

Category:20th-century African-American politicians

Category:20th-century American women politicians

Category:Democratic Party West Virginia state senators

Category:Marshall University alumni

Category:Marshall University faculty

Category:Politicians from Huntington, West Virginia

Category:Women state legislators in West Virginia

Category:20th-century members of the West Virginia Legislature

Category:21st-century members of the West Virginia Legislature