Linda Chesterfield

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Linda Ann Pondexter Chesterfield
Member of the Arkansas Senate
from the 30th[1] district
Assumed office
January 14, 2013
Preceded by Gilbert Baker
Member of the Arkansas Senate
from the 34th district
In office
January 2011 – January 14, 2013
Preceded by Tracy Steele
Succeeded by Jane English
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
from the 36th district
In office
January 2003 – January 2009
Preceded by Tommy Roebuck
Succeeded by Darrin Williams
Personal details
Born Hope, Arkansas, USA
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Residence Little Rock, Arkansas
Alma mater Hendrix College
Religion African Methodist Episcopal Church

Linda Ann Pondexter Chesterfield (born c. 1947[2][3] in Hope, Arkansas) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arkansas Senate for District 30, a position that she has held since January 14, 2013. Chesterfield served consecutively in the Arkansas General Assembly from January 2011 until January 2013 in the Senate District 34 seat and non-consecutively from January 2003 until January 2009 in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 36 seat.

Education

Chesterfield graduated from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas.

Elections

  • 2012 Redistricted to District 30, with Senator Gilbert Baker term limited, Chesterfield was unopposed for both the May 22, 2012 Democratic Primary[4] and the November 6, 2012 General election.[5]
  • 2002 Initially in House District 36, when Representative Tommy Roebuck left the Legislature and left the seat open, Chesterfield won the three-way 2002 Democratic Primary (the NIMSP double-lists her in that election as Linda Pondexter) and was unopposed for the November 2002 General election.
  • 2004 Chesterfield was unopposed for both the 2004 Democratic Primary and the November 2, 2004 General election.
  • 2006 Chesterfield was unopposed for both the 2006 Democratic Primary and the November 7, 2006 General election.
  • 2010 With District 34 Senator Tracy Steele running for the House District 39 seat, Chesterfield ran for the open District 5 Senate seat, won the May 18, 2010 Democratic Primary with 4,588 votes (62.4%)[6] and was unopposed for the November 2, 2010 General election.

Chesterfield is the 2015 president of the Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus.[7]

References

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