Cherie Buckner-Webb


Cherie Buckner-Webb is a Democratic politician from Boise, Idaho. In 2010 Buckner-Webb was elected to a single term in the Idaho House of Representatives representing the north Boise-based District 19. In 2012 Buckner-Webb won the district's Idaho Senate seat, succeeding the retiring Nicole LeFavour. She is Idaho's first elected African-American state legislator, and its first African-American woman legislator.
Upon taking office in the Idaho Senate Buckner-Webb was elected Democratic caucus chair, and she currently serves as assistant minority leader.
Buckner-Webb is not running for re-election in 2020.

Early life and career

Buckner-Webb earned her bachelor's degree from George Fox University and her master's degree in social work from Northwest Nazarene University. Buckner-Webb made state history when she won the November 2, 2010 general election with 10,196 votes against Jim Morland, becoming Idaho's first elected African American state legislator, and its first African American woman legislator.

Elections

YearCandidateVotesPctCandidateVotesPct
2012 Primary2,873100%
2012 General15,77870.0%6,75530.0%
2014 Primary2,795100%
2014 General13,24074.0%4,65926.0%
2016 Primary2,923100.0%
2016 General19,679100%