Cherie Buckner-Webb

Cherie Buckner-Webb
Member of the Idaho Senate
from District 19
In office
December 1, 2012 – November 30, 2020
Preceded byNicole LeFavour
Succeeded byMelissa Wintrow
Member of the Idaho House of Representatives
from District 19 Seat A
In office
December 1, 2010 – November 30, 2012
Preceded byAnne Pasley-Stuart
Succeeded byMat Erpelding
Personal details
Born (1951-10-20) October 20, 1951
Boise, Idaho, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
Alma materGeorge Fox University
Northwest Nazarene University
WebsiteCampaign website

Cherie Buckner-Webb (born October 29, 1951) 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 later served as assistant minority leader.

Buckner-Webb did not seek re-election in 2020. Buckner-Webb instead ran for College of Western Idaho Zone 5 Trustee and won unopposed.

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