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John David Ashcroft (b. 1942) —
also known as John Ashcroft —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 9,
1942.
Republican. Lawyer; university
professor; Missouri
state auditor, 1973-75; defeated, 1974; Missouri
state attorney general, 1977-85; Governor of
Missouri, 1985-93; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1995-2001; defeated, 2000; U.S.
Attorney General, 2001-05.
Assembly of God. Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2020.
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Willie Taplin Barrow (1924-2015) —
also known as Willie T. Barrow; Willie Beatrice
Taplin —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Burton, Washington
County, Tex., December
7, 1924.
Democrat. Minister;
civil rights activist; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1972,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 2004-08.
Female.
Church of God. African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
12, 2015 (age 90 years, 95
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; newspaper
editor and publisher; preacher;
Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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Kevin Brooks (b. 1967) —
of Cleveland, Bradley
County, Tenn.
Born in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., May 4,
1967.
Republican. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives 24th District, 2007-18; mayor
of Cleveland, Tenn., 2018-.
Church of God. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2020.
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Dorothy A. Brown (b. 1954) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Minden, Webster
Parish, La., September
4, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; accountant;
Cook
County Circuit Clerk, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 2004;
candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 2007.
Female.
Church of God in Christ. African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2011.
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William Russell Corn (1903-1973) —
also known as Russell Corn; William Russell
Corn —
of Willow Springs, Howell
County, Mo.
Born in Willow Springs, Howell
County, Mo., November
11, 1903.
Republican. Farmer; grocer; mayor
of Willow Springs, Mo.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Howell County, 1947-62.
Assembly of God. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died in Willow Springs, Howell
County, Mo., September
20, 1973 (age 69 years, 313
days).
Interment at Willow Springs City Cemetery, Willow Springs, Mo.
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Howard Darrel Darby (1928-2003) —
also known as H. Darrel Darby —
of Huntington, Wayne
County, W.Va.
Born in Quinwood, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., January
8, 1928.
Democrat. Podiatrist;
member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1973-76; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1976.
Church of God. Member, American
Public Health Association.
Died in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., November
18, 2003 (age 75 years, 314
days).
Interment at Ridgelawn
Memorial Park, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert B. Darby and Loraine (Richards) Darby; married to Laura
Boggs. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jo Ann Davis (1950-2007) —
of Gloucester, Gloucester
County, Va.
Born in Rowan
County, N.C., June 29,
1950.
Republican. Business
owner; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1997-2001; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 2001-07; died in
office 2007.
Female.
Assembly of God.
Died in Gloucester
County, Va., October
6, 2007 (age 57 years, 99
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Logan Delk (1887-1963) —
also known as James L. Delk —
of Missouri; Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Fentress
County, Tenn., September
21, 1887.
Democrat. Pastor;
candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1959.
Pentecostal.
Died in Fentress
County, Tenn., April 9,
1963 (age 75 years, 200
days).
Interment at Davis
Cemetery, Fentress County, Tenn.
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Ruben Diaz Sr. (b. 1943) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bayamón, Bayamón
Municipio, Puerto Rico, April
22, 1943.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 2003-.
Church of God. Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Veo Easley (1932-2003) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Sheridan, Grant
County, Ark., July 22,
1932.
Democrat. Accountant;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1983-95.
Pentecostal.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
13, 2003 (age 71 years, 144
days).
Interment at Lost
Creek Cemetery, Sheridan, Ark.
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John Eric Ensign (b. 1958) —
also known as John E. Ensign —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Roseville, Placer
County, Calif., March
25, 1958.
Republican. Veterinarian;
hotel
and casino manager; U.S.
Representative from Nevada 1st District, 1995-99; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 2001-; defeated, 1998; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 2008.
Pentecostal. Italian,
German,
and Filipino
ancestry.
In June 2009, he admitted
to an extramarital
affair with Cindy Hampton, a member of his campaign staff and the
wife of his Senate aide Doug Hampton. In an unsuccessful attempt to
keep the Hamptons quiet about the affair, he gave them $96,000 (an illegally
undisclosed severance payment) through his parents. He also used
his influence to set up Jeff Hampton as a lobbyist,
in violation of laws restricting lobbying by former congressional
aides. A grand jury investigation
is in progress.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Lawrence Gibson (1895-1966) —
also known as Robert L. Gibson —
of Bancroft, Putnam
County, W.Va.
Born in Kanawha
County, W.Va., June 13,
1895.
Democrat. Merchant;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Putnam County, 1931-32,
1941-42; defeated, 1928.
Church of God. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Bancroft, Putnam
County, W.Va., December
18, 1966 (age 71 years, 188
days).
Interment at New Antioch Cemetery, Red House, W.Va.
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Rick Hill (b. 1946) —
of Montana.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., December
30, 1946.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Montana at-large, 1997-2001.
Pentecostal.
Still living as of 2014.
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Beatrice L. Hooper (c.1894-1974) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born about 1894.
Member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1927.
Female.
Church of God.
Died, in Cedar Knoll Rest
Home, Grass Lake, Jackson
County, Mich., July 25,
1974 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Draper
Cemetery, Rives Township, Jackson County, Mich.
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Albert Benjamin Howard Jr. (b. 1966) —
also known as Albert Howard —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., February
3, 1966.
Independent candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 2012.
Pentecostal. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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Timothy V. Johnson (b. 1946) —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., July 23,
1946.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1976-2000; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 2001-.
Assembly of God.
Still living as of 2014.
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Andrew Koenig (b. 1982) —
of Manchester, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
21, 1982.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 2009-16 (88th District 2009-12,
99th District 2013-16); member of Missouri
state senate 15th District, 2017-.
Assembly of God.
Still living as of 2018.
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Kenneth C. Legg (b. 1923) —
also known as "Horse" —
of Oak Hill, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Lizemore, Clay
County, W.Va., July 24,
1923.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1959-60.
Church of God.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Ken Littlefield (b. 1944) —
of Florida.
Born in Pascagoula, Jackson
County, Miss., May 7,
1944.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 61st District, 1999-.
Assembly of God.
Pastor, Assembly of God.
Still living as of 1999.
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Marilyn N. Musgrave (b. 1949) —
also known as Marilyn Neoma Shuler —
of Fort Morgan, Morgan
County, Colo.
Born in Greeley, Weld
County, Colo., January
27, 1949.
Republican. Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1994-98; member of Colorado
state senate, 1998-2002; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 4th District, 2003-.
Female.
Assembly of God.
Still living as of 2014.
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Sarah Palin (b. 1964) —
also known as Sarah Louise Heath; "Miss
Congeniality"; "Sarah Barracuda";
"Caribou Barbie" —
of Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna
Borough, Alaska.
Born in Sandpoint, Bonner
County, Idaho, February
11, 1964.
Republican. Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, 1996-2002; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Alaska, 2002; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alaska, 2004;
Governor
of Alaska, 2006-09; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2008.
Female.
Assembly of God; later Nondenominational
Christian.
Still living as of 2020.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Charles R. Heath and Sarah (Sheeran) Heath; married 1988 to Todd
Mitchell Palin. |
| | | See also National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Encyclopedia
of American Loons |
| | | Books by Sarah Palin: America
by Heart : Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag
(2010) — Going
Rogue: An American Life (2009) |
| | | Books about Sarah Palin: Scott Conroy &
Shushanna Walshe, Sarah
from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New
Conservative Superstar — Stephen Mansfield & David A.
Holland, The
Faith and Values of Sarah Palin — Matthew Continetti,
The
Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a
Rising Star — Lorenzo Benet, Trailblazer:
An Intimate Biography of Sarah Palin — Joe Hilley, Sarah
Palin: A New Kind of Leader — Chuck Heath, Our
Sarah: Made in Alaska — Kaylene Johnson, Sarah:
How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside
Down — Linda Beail et al, Framing
Sarah Palin: Pit Bulls, Puritans, and Politics |
| | | Critical books about Sarah Palin: Joe
McGinniss, The
Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin — Levi
Johnston, Deer
in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin's
Crosshairs — Geoffrey Dunn, The
Lies of Sarah Palin: The Untold Story Behind Her Relentless Quest for
Power — Frank Bailey, Blind
Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous
Years — Leland Gregory, You
Betcha!: The Witless Wisdom of Sarah Palin — Richard
Kim & Betsy Reed, Going
Rouge: An American Nightmare |
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Earl Prather (1903-1967) —
of Oak Hill, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Fayette
County, W.Va., October
10, 1903.
Democrat. Coal miner;
inspector;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1949-52.
Church of God. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; United
Mine Workers.
Died in September, 1967
(age 63
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John William Prather and Victoria Florence (Hall) Prather;
married, June 22,
1924, to Elsie B. Hill; married, November
20, 1931, to Lola Maude Richardson. |
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1951 |
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Charles Ithamar Quigley (1878-1973) —
also known as Ithamar Quigley —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.; Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Pennsylvania, May 2,
1878.
Pastor;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1952, 1956.
Pentecostal.
Died in September, 1973
(age 95
years, 0 days).
Interment at Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Saddle River, N.J.
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Leon Douglas Ralph (1932-2007) —
also known as Leon D. Ralph —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., August
20, 1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
administrative assistant to California House Speaker Jess
Unruh; member of California
state assembly, 1967-76; defeated, 1988; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1968,
1972;
minister.
African
Methodist Episcopal; later Church of God. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
Died, in Long Beach Memorial Medical
Center, Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
6, 2007 (age 74 years, 170
days).
Interment at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Ralph and Leanna (Woodard) Ralph; married, September
27, 1951, to Martha Ann Morgan; married to Ruth
Banda. |
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Albert Robinson (b. 1938) —
of Pittsburg, Laurel
County, Ky.
Born December
19, 1938.
Republican. Real estate
broker; auctioneer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 85th District, 1972-84, 1986-88;
member of Kentucky
state senate 21st District, 1994-.
Pentecostal.
Still living as of 2004.
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Thomas Scott (born c.1954) —
also known as Tom Scott —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., about 1954.
Minister;
Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1996-2004; member, Tampa City Council,
2007-11; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2011.
Church of God. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Rollin Morse Severance (1901-1984) —
also known as Rollin M. Severance —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., June 21,
1901.
Tool
manufacturer; pastor;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1948; Prohibition
candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1950, 1952; member of Michigan Prohibition Party
State Central Committee, 1951; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1958; Prohibition candidate for Wayne State
University board of governors, 1959; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1960; Prohibition candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1961.
Assembly of God.
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., September
7, 1984 (age 83 years, 78
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Gardens, Saginaw, Mich.
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Marylin Linfoot Shannon (b. 1941) —
also known as Marylin Shannon —
of Brooks, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in La Grande, Union
County, Ore., September
7, 1941.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Oregon
state senate, 1995-98; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 5th District, 1998; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Assembly of God.
Still living as of 2008.
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Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (b. 1954) —
also known as Al Sharpton —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
3, 1954.
Democrat. Minister;
civil rights activist; radio talk
show host; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1988, 1992, 1994; stabbed
in the chest as he was about to lead a protest march in the
Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., January 12, 1991;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1997; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 2004.
Pentecostal; later Baptist.
African
and Cherokee
Indian ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jason Thomas Smith (b. 1980) —
also known as Jason T. Smith —
of Salem, Dent
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 16,
1980.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 2006-13 (150th District 2006-12,
120th District 2013); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 2008
(alternate), 2012,
2016;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 2013-.
Assembly of God. Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2018.
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Arthur E. Teele (1946-2005) —
also known as Art Teele —
of Florida.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., May 14,
1946.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1981-83;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; as Miami city
commissioner in 1997-2004, he chaired the Community Redevelopment
Agency (CRA); an investigation
of corruption in the agency, started in 2003, led to charges
that he had accepted $135,000 in kickbacks
from two construction companies; as a result, he was removed from
office in 2004 by Gov. Jeb
Bush; in August, 2004, when he and his wife were under
surveillance, he drove his
car at a police detective in an attempt to run him
over, and also threatened
to kill police officers who had been following his wife during
the investigation; convicted
in March 2005 on charges
related to this incident; indicted
on July 14, 2005, on federal conspiracy and money
laundering charges, over a scheme to fraudulently obtain
contracts for electrical work at the Miami International Airport
through a "minority-owned" shell company; published police reports
revealed that he had put his mistress
on the CRA payroll, that he regularly bought and used cocaine,
and that he frequently made use of a male prostitute.
Church of God in Christ. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; NAACP; Freemasons.
Came to the offices
of the Miami Herald newspaper, and shot himself
in the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died two hours later in
the trauma unit of Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 27,
2005 (age 59 years, 74
days).
Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Todd Tiahrt (b. 1951) —
of Goddard, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., June 15,
1951.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state senate, 1993-94; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1995-; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 2012; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 2012;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas.
Assembly of God. Member, Delta
Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Gaius Watt (b. 1938) —
also known as James G. Watt —
Born January
31, 1938.
Legislative assistant to Sen. Milward
L. Simpson, 1962-66; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1981-83.
Pentecostal. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Still living as of 2014.
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Smallwood Edmond Williams (b. 1907) —
also known as Smallwood E. Williams —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., October
17, 1907.
Democrat. Minister;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1964,
1972.
Pentecostal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Presiding Bishop, Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Burial location unknown.
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Coleman A. Young II (b. 1982) —
also known as Joel Loving —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich., October
18, 1982.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 4th District, 2007-10; defeated in
primary, 2018; candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2009 (primary), 2017; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 2011-18.
Church of God in Christ. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2021.
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