Marsha Cheeks

{{Short description|American politician (born 1956)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name= Marsha Cheeks

|image =

|state_house=Michigan

|district= 6th

|term_start = January 1, 2003

|term_end = December 31, 2008

|predecessor= William McConico

|successor = Fred Durhal, Jr.

|party= Democratic

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1956|03|07|mf=y}}

|birth_place= Detroit, Michigan

|spouse = Divorced

}}

Marsha G. Cheeks (born March 7, 1956) is a Detroit-born politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. She is a Democrat and member of the Michigan House of Representatives. She represents the 6th State House District, which includes most of Downtown Detroit.{{Cite web |url=http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislator.aspx?ID=1469 |title=The Honorable Marsha Cheeks |access-date=16 January 2010 |publisher=Mackinac Center for Public Policy}} She is also the aunt of former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and sister of United States Representative Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.{{Cite journal |url=http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=C4&Date=20080904&Category=NEWS0101&ArtNo=809040809&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=6|title=Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick delivered a televised speech |website=freep.com |publisher=Detroit Free Press |access-date=16 January 2010}}