Black Republican State Legislator?

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Is there a single one in the entire country among any of the 50 states? 

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Say, this is great input.  I do appreciate it.

So, thus far, it sounds like a total of eight nationwide black Republican state legislators.  If I hear the responses correctly, that consists of three state senators and five from the state lower houses. 

Unless more are identified, it seems like 3 out of 1971 state senators nationwide are black Republicans, and 5 black Republicans out of 5411 are state (lower) house members.

Clearly, Republicans have a lot of room for progress in this arena.

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Wow, way to go Texas!  That is significant.

-A wandering minstral I, ...

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Former/late Senator Edward Brooke, R-MA, got his start as a state legislator in Massachusetts.  He ran in both party primaries, lost as a Democrat, won primary and general as a Republican.  Later, elected Attorney General (twice, I think) and then to the US Senate in 1966, re-elected in 1972 (and defeated by Tsongas in 1978).

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Thanks for the website link.  Fully agree with you.