Melody McCray-Miller
{{short description|American politician}}
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|name = Melody McCray-Miller
|state_house = Kansas
|state = Kansas
|district = 89th
|term_start = January 10, 2005
|term_end = January 14, 2013
|preceded = Ruby Gilbert
|succeeded = Roderick Houston
|party = Democratic
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|11|18}}
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|children = 3
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|alma_mater = University of Houston
Wichita State University
|residence = Wichita
|father = Billy McCray
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Melody McCray-Miller (November 18, 1956) is an American politician from the state of Kansas. A Democrat, McCray-Miller represented the 89th district in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2005 through 2013.
Early life and education
McCray-Miller received her BA in Psychology from the University of Houston and a secondary school teaching certificate from Wichita State University.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110713173041/http://www.kshousedems.com/page/melody-mccray-miller1 Kansas House Democrats - Rep. Melody McCray-Miller]}} Her father was Billy McCray, a longtime state legislator who died in 2012.{{cite web |author=Jackson, Frances |date=April 21, 2022 |title=Interview of Melody McCray-Miller |url=https://ksoralhistory.org/interview/interview-of-melody-mccray-miller-by-frances-jackson-april-21-2022/?_sf_s=McCray |access-date=December 5, 2022 |website=ksoralhistory.org |publisher=Kansas Oral History Project}}
Political career
Prior to her election to the House, McCray-Miller served as a Wichita city commissioner and on the local school board. She serves on the Executive Board of the Center for Health and Wellness, the Advisory Board for Wichita Children's Home, and the Grant Chapel A.M.E. Steward Board.
In 2023, she filed to run for the at-large seat on the District 259 school board in Wichita.[https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/election/article276106256.html Wichita school board will have at least two new faces after 2023 election. Who’s running?], Wichita Eagle, Matthew Kelly, June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023. She advanced from the five-candidate primary on August 1, 2023, with 54% of the vote, more than 30 points ahead of second-place finisher Brent T. Davis, who will join the November runoff for the seat.[https://www.kmuw.org/news/2023-08-01/davis-mccray-miller-advance-to-wichita-school-board-general-election Davis, McCray-Miller advance to Wichita school board general election], KMUW, Suzanne Perez, August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100124062426/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-house/searchHouse.do?rep=4446 Kansas Legislature - Melody McCray-Miller]
- [http://votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=34561 Project Vote Smart profile]
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Category:African-American state legislators in Kansas
Category:School board members in Kansas
Category:Kansas city council members
Category:Democratic Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Category:Wichita State University alumni
Category:Women state legislators in Kansas
Category:University of Houston alumni
Category:Women city councillors in Kansas