Stefani Carter
| Stefani Carter | |
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| Texas State Representative from District 102 (Dallas County) | |
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In office 2011–2015 |
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| Preceded by | Carol Kent |
| Succeeded by | Linda Koop |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 15, 1978 Dallas, Texas, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Dallas, Texas |
| Alma mater | Harvard School of Law |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Stefani Carter (born February 15, 1978) is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 102nd District, which included parts of Dallas, and the northern Dallas County suburbs of Garland, and Richardson, Texas. First elected in 2010, Carter made history by becoming the first Republican African-American woman to serve in the Texas House when she unseated the Democrat Carol Kent.
Carter was born in Dallas. She is a practicing Roman Catholic and was baptized in Richardson, Texas. Her mother was an elementary school teacher, and her father is an engineer turned entrepreneur, the owner of a small lawn-care company.
Carter excelled academically in school; her parents told her she would have to work her way through college. She graduated in 1996 from Plano East Senior High School and earned a full scholarship to the University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated with highest honors with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. During Carter's undergraduate years at UT she interned at the White House during the Clinton administration.
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