Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick

Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 13th district
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Lynn Rivers
Succeeded by	Hansen Clarke
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 15th district
In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by	Barbara-Rose Collins
Succeeded by	John Dingell
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 9th district 18th District (1979-1982) 8th District (1983-1992)
In office January 1, 1979 – December 31, 1996
Preceded by	Jackie Vaughn III
Succeeded by	Kwame Kilpatrick
Personal details
Born	Carolyn Jean Cheeks (1945-06-25) June 25, 1945 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Bernard Kilpatrick
Children	Kwame Ayanna
Alma mater	Ferris State University Western Michigan University University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Religion	African Methodist Episcopalianism

Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick (born June 25, 1945) is an American politician who was U.S. Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district from 1997 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In August 2010 she lost the Democratic primary election.^[1] She was replaced by Hansen Clarke in January 2011.^[2]

The 13th district, which is entirely contained within Wayne County, runs along the Detroit River (which is also the Canada–US border) from the northern county line to the southern line; it includes Grosse Pointe, half of Detroit, and portions of Downriver. Kilpatrick is also the mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

Early life, education and career

Born Carolyn Jean Cheeks in Detroit, Michigan, she graduated from the Detroit High School of Commerce. She then attended Ferris State University in Big Rapids from 1968 to 1970 and received a B.S. from Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo) in 1972. She earned a M.S. from the University of Michigan in 1977. She worked as a high school teacher and was later a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1979 to 1996.

U.S. House of Representatives

Committee assignments

Committee on Appropriations
- Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Caucus and other membership

Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Progressive Caucus

She was one of the 31 who voted in the House to not count the electoral votes from Ohio in the United States presidential election, 2004.^[3]

On December 6, 2006, the Congressional Black Caucus unanimously chose Kilpatrick as its chairwoman for the 110th Congress (2007-8).

On September 29, 2008, she voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

Political campaigns

In 1996, Kilpatrick challenged three-term incumbent Barbara-Rose Collins in the 1996 Democratic primary for what was then the 15th District. She defeated Collins by a shocking margin, taking 51.6 percent of the vote to Collins' 30.6 percent. This was tantamount to election in this heavily Democratic, black-majority district. She was reelected six times, never dropping below 80 percent of the vote. Her district was renumbered as the 13th District after the 2000 Census. She faced no major-party opposition in 2004 and was completely unopposed in 2006.

2008

Her first serious opposition came during the 2008 primary—the real contest in this district—when she was challenged by both former State Representative Mary Waters and State Senator Martha Scott in the Democratic primary. Kilpatrick's campaign was plagued by the controversy surrounding her son and his involvement in a text messaging sex scandal. However, on the August 5 primary election, Kilpatrick narrowly won with 39.1 percent of the vote, compared to Waters' 36 percent and Scott's 24 percent.

2010

In 2010, she was again challenged in the Democratic primary. Unlike in 2008, her opposition coalesced around State Senator Hansen Clarke, who defeated her in the August 3 primary. “This is the final curtain: the ending of the Kilpatrick dynasty,” said Detroit political consultant Eric Foster of Foster, McCollum, White and Assoc. ^[4] NPR and CBS News both noted that throughout her re-election campaign, she was dogged by questions about her son, Kwame Kilpatrick, who is in prison on numerous corruption charges.^[5]^[6] Michigan Live reported that her election defeat could in part be attributed to the Kwame Kilpatrick scandals.^[7]

Personal life

Kilpatrick was married to Bernard Nathaniel Kilpatrick, with whom she has daughter Ayanna and son Kwame Kilpatrick, former Mayor of Detroit. She has six grandsons, including two sets of twins. Both her former husband and son were on trial, under an 89-page felony indictment. On March 11, 2013, her son was found guilty on 24 of 30 federal charges and her former spouse was found guilty on 1 of 4 federal charges.^[8]

She is a member of the Detroit Substance Abuse Advisory Council.
She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority

Electoral history

Michigan's 13th congressional district general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (inc.)	167,481	74.13
	Republican	Edward J. Gubics	43,098	19.08
	Green	George L. Corsetti	9,579	4.24
	Libertarian	Gregory Creswell	5,764	2.55
Total votes			225,922	100.00

Michigan's 13th district Democratic primary, August 3, 2010^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hansen Clarke	22,573	47.32
	Democratic	Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (incumbent)	19,507	40.89
	Democratic	Glenn Plummer	2,038	4.27
	Democratic	John Broad	1,872	3.92
	Democratic	Vincent Brown	893	1.87
	Democratic	Stephen Hume	820	1.72
Total votes			47,703	100.00

References

External links

Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
Michigan Democratic Party
13th Congressional District at Michigan Liberal
The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Barbara-Rose Collins	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 15th congressional district 1997–2003	Succeeded by John Dingell
Preceded by Lynn Rivers	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 13th congressional district 2003–2011	Succeeded by Hansen Clarke
Preceded by Mel Watt	Chairperson of the Congressional Black Caucus 2007–2009	Succeeded by Barbara Lee

Chairs of the Congressional Black Caucus

Diggs Stokes Rangel Burke Mitchell Collins Fauntroy Dixon Leland Dymally Dellums Towns Mfume Payne Waters Clyburn Johnson Cummings Watt Kilpatrick Lee Cleaver Fudge Butterfield Richmond (Designate)

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan

Territory	Woodbridge Sibley Richard Wing Biddle Wing Lyon Jones

At-large	Crary J. Howard Kelley Staebler

1st district	McClelland Buel Penniman D. Stuart W. Howard Cooper W. Howard Granger Beaman Waldron Field A. S. Williams Newberry Lord Maybury J. L. Chipman Griffin Corliss Lucking Denby Doremus Codd Clancy Sosnowski Clancy Sadowski Tenerowicz Sadowski Machrowicz Nedzi Conyers Stupak Benishek Bergman (elect)

2nd district	Lyon J. S. Chipman E. Bradley C. Stuart Sprague C. Stuart Noble Waldron Beaman Upson Stoughton Waldron Willits Eldredge Allen Gorman Spalding H. Smith Townsend Wedemeyer Beakes Bacon Beakes Michener Lehr Michener Meader Vivian Esch Pursell Hoekstra Huizenga

3rd district	Hunt Bingham J. Conger Clark Walbridge Kellogg Longyear Blair Willard McGowan Lacey O'Donnell Burrows Milnes A. Todd Gardner J. Smith Frankhauser J. Smith A. B. Williams Hooper Kimball Main Shafer Johansen P. Todd G. Brown Wolpe Henry Ehlers Amash

4th district	Stevens Peck Leach Trowbridge Kellogg Ferry Foster Burrows Potter Keightley Burrows Yaple Burrows Thomas Hamilton Ketcham Foulkes Hoffman Hutchinson Stockman Siljander Upton Camp Moolenaar

5th district	Baldwin Trowbridge O. Conger Foster W. Williams Stone Webber Houseman Comstock M. Ford Belknap M. Ford Belknap Richardson W. Smith Diekema Sweet Mapes Jonkman G. Ford Vander Veen Sawyer Henry Barcia D. E. Kildee D. T. Kildee

6th district	Driggs Strickland Sutherland Begole Durand Brewer Spaulding Winans Brewer Stout Aitken S. Smith Kelley Hudson Person Cady Blackney Transue Blackney Clardy Hayworth Chamberlain Carr Dunn Carr Upton

7th district	O. Conger Rich Carleton Whiting Snover Weeks McMorran Cramton Wolcott McIntosh O'Hara Mackie Riegle D. E. Kildee N. Smith Schwarz Walberg Schauer Walberg

8th district	N. Bradley Ellsworth Horr Tarsney Bliss Youmans Linton Brucker Fordney Vincent Hart Crawford Bentley Harvey Traxler Carr Chrysler Stabenow Rogers M. Bishop

9th district	Hubbell Cutcheon H. Wheeler Moon R. Bishop McLaughlin Harry W. Musselwhite Engel Thompson Griffin Vander Jagt D. E. Kildee Knollenberg Peters Levin

10th district	Hatch Fisher F. Wheeler Weadock Crump Aplin Loud Woodruff Loud Currie Woodruff Cederberg Albosta Schuette Camp Bonior Miller Mitchell (elect)

11th district	Breitung Moffatt Seymour Stephenson Avery Mesick Darragh Dodds Lindquist Scott Bohn P. Brown Luecke F. Bradley Potter Knox Clevenger Ruppe Davis Knollenberg McCotter Curson Bentivolio Trott

12th district	Stephenson Shelden Young MacDonald James Hook Bennett Hook Bennett O'Hara Bonior Levin J. Dingell Jr. D. Dingell

13th district	Nichols McLeod Brennan McLeod O'Brien McLeod O'Brien Coffin O'Brien Diggs Crockett Collins W. Ford Rivers Kilpatrick Clarke Conyers

14th district	Weideman Rabaut Youngblood Rabaut Ryan Nedzi Hertel Conyers Peters Lawrence

15th district	J. Dingell Sr. J. Dingell Jr. W. Ford Collins Kilpatrick J. Dingell Jr.

16th district	Lesinski Sr. Lesinski Jr. J. Dingell Jr.

17th district	Dondero Oakman Griffiths Brodhead Levin

18th district	Dondero Broomfield Huber Blanchard Broomfield

19th district	Farnum McDonald Broomfield

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 121191047 US Congress: K000180

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