Sharon Weston Broome
Sharon Weston Broome | |
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Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 15th district |
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In office December 2004 – January 11, 2016 |
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Preceded by | Melvin Lee "Kip" Holden |
Succeeded by | Regina Barrow |
Louisiana State Senate President Pro Tempore | |
In office 2008 – January 11, 2016 |
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Preceded by | Diana Bajoie |
Succeeded by | Gerald Long |
Louisiana State Representative for District 29 (East and West Baton Rouge parishes) | |
In office 1992–2004 |
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Preceded by | Clyde Kimball |
Succeeded by | Regina Barrow |
Personal details | |
Born | October 1956 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Marvin Broome |
Residence | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, Regent University |
Occupation | Communications specialist |
Religion | Baptist |
Sharon Weston Broome (born October 1956)[1] has been since 2004 a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 15, the first African-American woman in that position.
Her senatorial predecessor, African-American Democrat Kip Holden, is the current Baton Rouge Mayor-President and a candidate for lieutenant governor in the nonpartisan blanket primary scheduled for October 24, 2015.[2] Broome is the President Pro Tempore of the state Senate. In 2011, she was elected to her second full Senate term without opposition.
From 1992 to 2004, Broome was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 29. She was succeeded by her legislative assistant, Regina Barrow. She was elected Speaker Pro Tempore of the House, the first woman to have held that position. Broome is hence the first woman to serve in the number-two leadership position in both legislative chambers.
In 2002, Representative Broome introduced House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 74 which condemned "Darwinism" as justifying racism and Nazism. The bill was amended to remove allusions to Darwin and passed.[3] In 2012, sponsored a bill requiring doctors to let a woman hear the heartbeat of a fetus (if present) before performing an abortion.[4] The bill was signed into law by Governor Bobby Jindal on June 8, 2012.[5]
Before being elected to state office, Broome, a native of Chicago, Illinois, served on the Baton Rouge Metro Council. She holds two degrees in communications and worked as a reporter for WBRZ-TV for five years.[2]
Broome was among the state and local officials who endorsed the unsuccessful reelection in 2014 of Democrat U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu.[6] Term-limited in the Senate, Broome is the first candidate to declare her intentions to run in 2016 to succeed Holden as Mayor-President for East Baton Rouge Parish.[7] Several Republican candidates are also running for Mayor-President.
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Louisiana House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Louisiana State Representative for District 29 (East and West Baton Rouge parishes) Sharon Weston Broome |
Succeeded by Regina Barrow |
Preceded by | Louisiana State Senator for District 10 (East Baton Rouge Parish) Sharon Weston Broome |
Succeeded by Regina Barrow |
Preceded by | Louisiana State Senate President Pro Tempore
Sharon Weston Broome |
Succeeded by Gerald Long |
External links
- Louisiana State Senate – Sharon Weston Broome official government website
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