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Table 2b: Black Officials Holding Elected Statewide Offices, 2003

STATE

OFFICIAL

TITLE

EXPIRATION OF TERM

California

Janice R. Brown

Associate Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2005

Colorado

Raymond Dean Jones*

Judge, State Court of Appeals

4/30/2003

Connecticut

Denise L. Nappier

Treasurer

12/31/2006

Florida

Peggy A Quince

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2006

Georgia

Thurbert E. Baker

Attorney General

12/31/2006

Georgia

David L. Burgess

Public Service Commissioner

12/31/2006

Georgia

Michael Thurmond

Labor Commissioner

12/31/2006

Georgia

Robert Benham

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2006

Georgia

Leah Ward Sears

Chief Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2010

Georgia

M. Yvette Miller

Judge, State Court of Appeals

12/31/2006

Georgia

Herbert E. Phipps

Judge, State Court of Appeals

12/31/2006

Georgia

John H. Ruffin, Jr.

Chief Judge, State Court of Appeals

12/31/2008

Illinois

Jesse C. White, Jr.

Secretary of State

12/31/2006

Illinois

Charles E. Freeman

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2010

Indiana

Robert D. Rucker, Jr.

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2012

Louisiana

Bernette Joshua Johnson

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2010

Maryland

Michael S. Steele

Lieutenant Governor

12/31/2006

Maryland

Robert M. Bell

Chief Judge, Court of Appeals

12/31/2012

Michigan

Robert P. Young, Jr.

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2010

Michigan

Joel Ferguson^

Member, Board of Trustees -

 
   

Michigan State University

12/31/2012

Michigan

S. Martin Taylor^

Member, Board of Regents -

 
   

University of Michigan

12/31/2012

Michigan

Jacqueline Washington^

Member, Board of Governors -

 
   

Wayne State University

12/31/2008

Michigan

Katherine White^

Member, Board of Regents -

 
   

University of Michigan

12/31/2006

Minnesota

Alan Page

Associate Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2010

Minnesota

Natalie E. Hudson

Judge, State Court of Appeals

12/31/2010

Minnesota

Edward Toussaint

Chief Judge, Court of Appeals

12/31/2008

Minnesota

Wilhelmina Wright

Judge, State Court of Appeals

12/31/2010

Missouri

Ronnie L. White

Judge, State Supreme Court

12/31/2008

North Carolina

Ralph Campbell, Jr.

Auditor

12/31/2004

North Carolina

Wanda Bryant

Judge, State Court of Appeals

12/31/2012

North Carolina

Patricia Timmons-Goodson

Judge, State Court of Appeals

12/31/2006

North Carolina

James A. Wynn

Judge, State Court of Appeals

12/31/2008

Ohio

J. Kenneth Blackwell

Secretary of State

12/31/2006

Ohio

Jeanette Bradley

Lieutenant Governor

12/31/2004

Pennsylvania

Justin M. Johnson

Judge, Superior Court

12/31/2005

Pennsylvania

Doris A. Smith-Ribner

Judge, Commonwealth Court

12/31/2007

Tennessee

Adolpho A. Birch, Jr.

Chief Justice, State Supreme Court

8/31/2006

Texas

Michael L. Williams

Chair, Railroad Commission

12/31/2008

Texas

Wallace Jefferson

Chief Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2006

Texas

Dale Wainwright

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2008

Virgin Islands

Charles W. Turnbull

Governor

12/31/2006

Virgin Islands

Vargrave Richards

Lieutenant Governor

12/31/2006

 

*Out of office after expiration of term.
^Members of governing boards of major state universities in Michigan are elected statewide.

Data compiled by Alfred Baltimore, Jr., Roster Clerk, and tabulated by Richard Hart, Database Administrator
Source: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (Washington, DC), Black Elected Officials Roster

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Did You Know?

In 2006, blacks made up 22 percent of the U.S. Army overall, but comprised only 12.3 percent of the officer corps and between seven and eight percent of the combat arms officers. The combat arms branches represent the principal pipeline to the Army's senior ranks. In 1990, blacks were 29.1 percent of the Army, but only 11 percent of the officer corps.

Source: Lt. Colonel Anthony D. Reyes, Strategic Options for Managing Diversity in the U.S. Army, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, June 2006