Sherri Smith Buffington
| Sherri Smith Buffington | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for District 38 (Caddo and DeSoto parishes) | |
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In office 2004 – January 11, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Ron Bean |
| Succeeded by | John Milkovich |
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| Born | August 1966 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Jon Loyd Cheek (2) William Joseph "Joe" Buffington (married 2012) |
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| Occupation | Businesswoman |
Sherri Smith Buffington, formerly Sherri Smith Cheek (born August 1966), is a businesswoman from Shreveport, Louisiana, who is a Republican former member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 38 (south Caddo and DeSoto parishes). Buffington is the first female Republican ever to have been elected to the Louisiana Senate.
Term-limited, Buffington could not seek a fourth term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015. Cloyce Crincrick Clark, III, who vowed "New Conservative Leadership" sought to fill her seat, as did Republican State Representative Richard Burford of Stonewall and two Democrats, John Milkovich, a Shreveport lawyer who resides in Keithville, and Jemayel Warren of Grand Cane In the runoff election on November 21, Milkovich, considered a Conservative Democrat, defeated Burford.
Prior to her election in 2003, Buffington had been since 1992 the legislative aide to her predecessor in office, fellow Republican Ron Bean. She graduated from Southwood High School in Shreveport and attended Centenary College and Louisiana State University in Shreveport. Buffington works in her family's rental business and resides in Keithville in southern Caddo Parish. She is active in the Summer Grove Baptist Church in south Shreveport.
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