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Table 2f. Black Officials Holding Elected Statewide Offices, 2007

STATE

OFFICIAL

TITLE

EXPIRATION OF TERM

Connecticut

Denise L. Nappier

State Treasurer

12/31/2010

Florida

Peggy A. Quince

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2012

Georgia

Thurbert E. Baker

Attorney General

12/31/2010

Georgia

Michael Thurmond

Labor Commissioner

12/31/2010

Georgia

Robert Benham

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2012

Georgia

Harold Melton

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2012

Georgia

Leah Ward Sears

Chief Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2012

Georgia

M. Yvette Miller

Judge, State Court of Appeals

12/31/2012

Georgia

Herbert E. Phipps

Judge, State Court of Appeals

12/31/2012

Georgia

John H. Ruffin, Jr.

Chief Judge, State Court of Appeals

12/31/2008

Illinois

Barack Obama

US Senator

12/31/2010

Illinois

Jesse C. White, Jr.

Secretary of State

12/31/2010

Illinois

Charles E. Freeman

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2010

Indiana

Robert D. Rucker, Jr.

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2012

Kentucky

William E. McAnulty, Jr.

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2014

Louisiana

Bernette Joshua Johnson

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2010

Maryland

Anthony Brown

Lieutenant Governor

12/31/2010

Maryland

Robert M. Bell

Chief Judge, Court of Appeals

12/31/2012

Maryland

Clayton Greene, Jr.

Judge, Court of Appeals

12/31/2016

Massachusetts

Deval Patrick

Governor

12/31/2010

Michigan

Robert P. Young, Jr.

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2010

Michigan

Joel Ferguson^

Member, Board of Trustees -

12/31/2012

   

Michigan State University

 

Michigan

S. Martin Taylor^

Member, Board of Regents -

12/31/2012

   

University of Michigan

 

Michigan

Jacqueline Washington^

Member, Board of Governors -

12/31/2008

   

Wayne State University

 

Michigan

Katherine White^

Member, Board of Regents -

12/31/2014

   

University of Michigan

 

Minnesota

Alan Page

Associate Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2010

Minnesota

Natalie E. Hudson

Judge, Court of Appeals

12/31/2010

Minnesota

Edward Toussaint

Chief Judge, Court of Appeals

12/31/2008

Minnesota

Wilhelmina Wright

Judge, Court of Appeals

12/31/2010

Missouri

Ronnie L. White

Judge, State Supreme Court

12/31/2008

North Carolina

Wanda Bryant

Judge, Court of Appeals

12/31/2012

North Carolina

Patricia Timmons-Goodson

Associate Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2012

North Carolina

James A. Wynn

Judge, Court of Appeals

12/31/2008

Nevada

Michael L. Douglas

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2012

New Mexico

James B. Lewis

State Treasurer

12/31/2010

New York

David A. Paterson

Lieutenant Governor

12/31/2010

Oklahoma

Tom Colbert

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2012

Pennsylvania

Cynthia A. Baldwin

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2007

Pennsylvania

Doris A. Smith-Ribner

Judge, Commonwealth Court

12/31/2007

Texas

Michael L. Williams

Chair, Railroad Commission

12/31/2008

Texas

Wallace Jefferson

Chief Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2012

Texas

Dale Wainwright

Justice, State Supreme Court

12/31/2008

Vermont

Randy Brock

State Auditor

12/31/2008

Virgin Islands

John P. DeJongh, Jr.

Governor

12/31/2010

Virgin Islands

Gregory R. Francis

Lieutenant Governor

12/31/2010

       

*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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