African Americans & statewide offices

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Here's list of African Americans holding statewide office:

TX
1.) Louis Sturns (R): appointed to the TX Court of Criminal Appeals in 1990 by then-TX Governor William P. Clements (R); defeated in bid for unexpired term in 1990.

2.) Morris Overstreet (D): elected to the TX Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5 in 1990 for the unexpired term & won reelection in 1992, serving until 1999.

3.) Michael L. Williams (R): appointed to the TX Railroad Commission by then-TX Governor George W. Bush (R) in 1999 upon the resignation of Carole Keeton Rylander (R), who was elected TX Comptroller of Public Accounts in 1998; elected to unexpired term in 2000 & reelected in 2002 & 2008.

4.) Wallace Jefferson (R): appointed to the TX Supreme Court, Place 4 by then-TX Governor Rick Perry (R) in 2001, elected in 2002; later appointed Chief Justice in 2004 & elected in 2006 & reelected in 2008. Resigned in 2013.

5.) Dale Wainwright (R): elected to TX Supreme Court, Place 7 in 2002 & reelected in 2008 before resigning in 2012.

LA
1.) Bernette Joshua Johnson (D): appointed to the LA Supreme Court by then-LA Governor Edwin Edwards (D) in 1994; later named Chief Justice on February 1st, 2013.

2.) Oscar Dunn (R): served as LA's 11th Lieutenant Governor from June 27th, 1869 until his death on November 22nd, 1871.

3.) PBS Pinchback (R): served as LA's 12th Lieutenant Governor from December 6th, 1871 until his elevation as Governor on December 9th, 1872.

AL
1.) Oscar Adams (D): appointed to the AL Supreme Court in 1980 by then-AL Governor Fob James (D/R); reelected in 1982 & again in 1988

IL
1.) Roland Burris (D): elected IL State Comptroller in 1978 & reelected in 1982 & again in 1986 serving from January 8th, 1979 to January 14th, 1991 & later elected IL State AG in 1990, serving from January 14th, 1991 to January 9th, 1995; later appointed by then-IL Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) as United States Senator on December 31st, 2008, serving until November 2010.

2.) Jesse White (D): IL Secretary of State since January 11th, 1999.

3.) Kwame Raoul (D): IL State AG since January 14th, 2019.

4.) Carol Mosley Braun (D): United States Senator from 1993 to 1999.

5.) Barack Obama (D): United States Senator from 2005 to 2008.

6.) Juliana Stratton (D): IL LG since January 14th, 2019.
MA
1.) Edward Brooke (R): elected MA State AG in 1962 & reelected in 1964, successfully elected United States Senator in 1966 & 1972 before losing reelection in 1978.

WI
1.) Malcolm Barnes (D): WI LG since January 7th, 2019.

2.) Vel Phillips (D): WI Secretary of State from January 9th, 1979 to January 3rd, 1983.

3.) Carolyn Stanford Taylor (D): WI Superintendent of Public Instruction since January 7th, 2019.

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NY St
1.) Carl H. McCall (D): NY St Comptroller from May 7th, 1993 to December 31st, 2002: appointed by then-NY St Governor Mario Cuomo (D) in 1993 & elected to full 4-year terms in 1994 & 1998 before losing to then-NY St Governor George Pataki (R) in 2002 Gubernatorial contest.

2.) David Paterson (D): NY St LG from January 1st, 2007 to March 17th, 2008 & NY St Governor from March 17th, 2008 to December 31st, 2010: ascended to the Governorship upon the resignation of then-NY St Governor Eliot Spitzer (D), finished out the remainder of the term & didn't seek election to full 4-year term in 2010.

3.) Letitia James (D): NY St AG since January 1st, 2019.

MA (updated)
1.) Edward Brooke (R): MA St AG from January 3rd, 1963 to January 3rd, 1967; later elected United States Senator in 1966 & 1972 before losing reelection in 1978, serving from 1967 to 1979.

2.) Deval Patrick (D): MA's 71st Governor from January 4th, 2007 to January 8th, 2015: didn't seek reelection in 2014.

VA
1.) L. Douglas Wilder (D): VA's 35th Lieutenant Governor from January 18th, 1986 to January 13th, 1990 & VA's 66th Governor from January 13th, 1990 to January 15th, 1994.

2.) Justin Fairfax (D): VA's 41st Lieutenant Governor since January 13th, 2018.

MD
1.) Michael Steele (R): MD LG from January 15th, 2003 to January 17th, 2007.

2.) Anthony G. Brown (D): MD LG from January 17th, 2007 to January 21st, 2015: currently serving in the US House of Representatives from MD's 4th Congressional District since 2017.

3.) Boyd Rutherford (D): MD LG since January 21st, 2015.

VT
1.) Randy Brock (R): VT State Auditor from January 3rd, 2005 to January 4th, 2007.

CO
1.) George Brown (D): CO LG from January 14th, 1975 to January 10th, 1979

2.) Joe Rogers (R): CO LG from January 12th, 1999 to January 14th, 2003

3.) Vikki Buckley (R): CO Secretary of State from January 10th, 1995 to July 14th, 1999: died in office.

FL
1.) Jennifer Carroll (R): FL LG from January 4th, 2011 to March 12th, 2003: resigned due to scandal.

2.) Jonathan Clark Gibbs (R): FL Secretary of State from 1868 to 1872.

3.) Jesse McCray (D): FL Secretary of State from July 19th, 1978 to January 2nd, 1979.

IN
1.) Pamela Carter (D); IN State AG from January 13th, 1993 to January 16th, 1997.

2.) Curtis Hill (R): IN State AG since January 9th, 2017.

OH
1.) Ken Blackwell (R): OH State Treasurer from March 1st, 1994 to January 8th, 1999 & OH Secretary of State from January 8th, 1999 to January 8th, 2007.

2.) Jennette Bradley (R): OH LG from January 13th, 2003 to January 5th, 2005 & OH State Treasurer from January 5th, 2005 to January 8th, 2007.

MI
1.) Garlin Gilchrist (D): MI LG since January 1st, 2019.

2.) Richard H. Austin (D): MI Secretary of State from January 1st, 1971 to January 1st, 1995.

3.) Dennis Archer (D): MI Supreme Court Associate Justice from January 1st, 1986 to December 27th, 1990.

4.) Robert P. Young, Jr., (R): Appointed to the MI Supreme Court by then-MI Governor John Engler (R) in 1999 & elected in 2000 for unexpired term & reelected in 2002 & 2010; also served as Chief Justice from 2011 to 2017.

GA
1.) Thurbert Baker (D): GA's 46th State AG from June 1st, 1997 to January 10th, 2011: appointed by then-GA Governor Zell Miller (D) & reelected to full 4-year terms in 1998, 2002 & again in 2006.

2.) Robyn Crittenden (R): GA's 28th Secretary of State from November 8th, 2018 to January 14th, 1991.

3.) Al Scott (D): GA Labor Commissioner from 1990 to 1992.

4.) Mike Thurmond (D): GA Labor Commissioner from January 11th, 1999 to January 10th, 2011.



NJ
1.) Cory Booker (D): United States Senator from NJ since October 31st, 2013.

2.) Sheila Oliver (D): NJ LG since January 16th, 2018.


CA:
1.) Wilson Riles (D): CA Superintendent of Public Instruction from January 4th, 1971 to January 3rd, 1983.

2.) Mervyn Dymally (D): CA's 41st Lieutenant Governor from January 6th, 1975 to January 8th, 1979: lost reelection bid in 1978.

3.) Kamala Harris (D): CA's 32nd State AG from January 3rd, 2011 to January 3rd, 2017 & United States Senator from CA since January 3rd, 2017.

4.) Tony Thurmond (D): CA's 28th Superintendent of Public Instruction since January 7th, 2019.