Tish Naghise
{{Short description|American politician (died 2023)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tish Naghise
| state_house = Georgia
| image = Tish Naghise-environmental1-resize.jpg
| district = 68th
| term_start = January 9, 2023
| term_end = March 8, 2023
| predecessor = Derrick Jackson (Redistricting)
| successor = Derrick Jackson
| citizenship = Nigeria{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}
United States
| party = Democratic
| birth_date = 1963/1964
| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and given age|2023|3|8|59}}
| death_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
| spouse = Charles
| children = 2
}}
Letitia Naghise{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/tish-letitia-naghise-died-georgia-house-79ff9ee0902f68ade434afa8fb21d8db|title = Democratic Georgia state Rep. Tish Naghise dies|work = Associated Press News|date = March 8, 2023|accessdate = March 8, 2023|last = Amy|first = Jeff}} (1963/1964 – March 8, 2023) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. She was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives for District 68 from January 2023 until her death in March 2023. She was 59 years old at the time of her death.{{Cite web |title=Tish Naghise |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Tish_Naghise |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Odunsi |first=Wale |date=November 9, 2022 |title=Eight Nigerian-Americans win in US midterm elections |url=https://dailypost.ng/2022/11/09/eight-nigerian-americans-win-in-us-midterm-elections/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Daily Post Nigeria |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=CGNA |date=November 10, 2022 |title=Congratulations Nigerian U.S. Election Winners |url=https://www.nigeriaconsulateatlanta.org/congratulations-nigerian-u-s-election-winners/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Nigeria Consulate, Atlanta USA |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Olaniyi |first=Muideen |date=November 9, 2022 |title=US midterm polls: Buhari congratulates Nigerian-Americans on election victory |url=https://dailytrust.com/us-midterm-polls-buhari-congratulates-nigerian-americans-on-election-victory |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Daily Trust |language=en}}
Background and education
Tish Naghise was born in Atlanta, and was of Nigerian descent.{{Cite web |last=Okafor |first=Chiamaka |date=November 9, 2022 |title=Eight Nigerian Americans elected to top political positions in US |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/564474-eight-nigerian-americans-elected-to-top-political-positions-in-us.html |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Premium Times Nigeria |language=en-GB}} She earned an associate degree from Atlanta Metropolitan State College in 2006, a bachelor's degree in 2010 and a graduate degree from Clayton State University in 2022, respectively.{{Cite web |date=September 25, 2022 |title=Tish Naghise – Local Leadership Matters |url=https://www.gafayettedems.org/candidate/tish-naghise/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |language=en-US}}
Career
A resident of Fayetteville, Georgia, Naghise was a local team leader for Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, a field organizer for the Democratic Party of Georgia's coordinated campaign in 2016, and a field organizer for Jon Ossoff's campaign in the 2017 Georgia's 6th congressional district special election. She was named as a delegate for Georgia to the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Prior to her election, Naghise was an engagement organizer for Georgia Conservation Voters. She had also worked as a paralegal and co-owned a trucking company.
Personal life and death
Naghise and her husband, Charles, had two sons, one of whom predeceased her. She died at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta on March 8, 2023, at the age of 59.{{cite news|url = https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-state-rep-tish-naghise-dies-after-recent-illness/V32PXM45VJDN3KBAVSUS5FDWI4/|title = Georgia state Rep. Tish Naghise dies|last = Niesse|first = Mark|date = March 8, 2023|accessdate = March 8, 2023|newspaper = The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}}
References
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{{s-ttl|title=Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
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Category:21st-century African-American politicians
Category:21st-century African-American women politicians
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:American politicians of Nigerian descent
Category:Clayton State University alumni
Category:Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives
Category:People from Fayetteville, Georgia
Category:Women state legislators in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:21st-century members of the Georgia General Assembly
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