Cherie Buckner-Webb (born October 29, 1951)[1] is a Democratic politician from Boise, Idaho.
[2] In 2012 Buckner-Webb won the district's Idaho Senate seat, succeeding the retiring Nicole LeFavour.
Upon taking office in the Idaho Senate Buckner-Webb was elected Democratic caucus chair, and she later served as assistant minority leader.
[6] Buckner-Webb instead ran for College of Western Idaho Zone 5 Trustee and won unopposed.
Buckner-Webb made state history when she won the November 2, 2010 general election with 10,196 votes (68.4%) against Jim Morland,[8] becoming Idaho's first elected African American state legislator, and its first African American woman legislator.