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Marie Redd
Member of the West Virginia Senate
from the 5th district
In office
December 1, 1998 (1998-Dec-01) – December 1, 2002 (2002-Dec-01)
Preceded byThomas Francis Scott
Succeeded byEvan Jenkins
Personal details
BornHuntington, West Virginia
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseWilliam L. Redd
ResidenceHuntington, West Virginia
Alma materMarshall University (B.A.)
Marshall University (M.A.)
ProfessionSocial Security Advocate

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.[1] Redd lost to Evan Jenkins in the 2002 Democratic primary election and again in 2006.

Personal[edit]

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.[2] Redd was an unsuccessful candidate for the Cabell County Commission in 2014.[2][3] She was named a West Virginia Wonder Woman by West Virginia Living Magazine in 2020.[4]

References[edit]

  • ^ a b "Candidate profile: Marie Redd". The Herald-Dispatch. October 6, 2014.
  • ^ Johnson, Curtis (November 5, 2014). "Cartmill has a big lead for Cabell County Commission". The Herald-Dispatch.
  • ^ Carter, Jordan (October 1, 2020). "2020 West Virginia Wonder Woman Marie Redd". WV Living Magazine.
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