Linda Chesterfield Explained

Linda Ann Pondexter Chesterfield
State Senate:Arkansas
District:12th
Term Start:January 14, 2013
Prior Term:(Previously 30th District)[1]
Predecessor:Gilbert Baker
Successor:Incumbent
State Senate3:Arkansas
District3:34th
Term Start3:January 2011
Term End3:January 14, 2013
Predecessor3:Tracy Steele
Successor3:Jane English
State House4:Arkansas
District4:36th
Term Start4:January 2003
Term End4:January 2009
Predecessor4:Tommy Roebuck
Successor4:Darrin Williams
Birth Date:13 September 1947
Birth Place:Hope, Arkansas, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Residence:Little Rock, Arkansas
Alma Mater:Hendrix College

Linda Ann Pondexter Chesterfield (born September 13, 1947, in Hope, Arkansas)[2] is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arkansas Senate for District 12, a position that she has held since January 14, 2013 (she started in District 30 before redistricting changed her district). Chesterfield served consecutively in the Arkansas General Assembly from January 2011 until January 2013 in the Senate District 34 seat and non-consecutively from January 2003 until January 2009 in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 36 seat.

Chesterfield is standing down at the 2024 Arkansas Senate election.[3]

Education

Chesterfield graduated from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, in 1965 and was the college's first African-American graduate.[4]

Elections

Chesterfield was the 2015 president of the Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senator Linda Chesterfield (D) . . Little Rock, Arkansas . April 21, 2014.
  2. https://static.ark.org/eeuploads/arml/91st_AR_General_Assembly.pdf 91st Arkansas General Assembly Legislative Directory
  3. News: Wickline . Michael R. . August 24, 2023 . State senator Chesterfield won’t seek reelection, throws support to Scott . February 25, 2024 . Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
  4. Web site: Hendrix College . Encyclopedia of Arkansas . Conway, Arkansas . April 25, 2018.
  5. Web site: Arkansas State Primary Election May 22, 2012 . . Little Rock, Arkansas . April 21, 2014.
  6. Web site: Arkansas State General Election November 6, 2012 . Secretary of State of Arkansas . Little Rock, Arkansas . April 21, 2014.
  7. Web site: 2010 Preferential Primary Election . Secretary of State of Arkansas . Little Rock, Arkansas . April 21, 2014.
  8. Web site: Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus. March 16, 2015. April 17, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150417173538/http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2015/Lists/Meetings/Attachments/22930/I13479.PDF. April 17, 2015. dead.