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'''Sherri Smith Buffington''', formerly '''Sherri Smith Cheek''' (born August 9, 1966),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/sherri-cheek/sweetcowgirl1976?fname=sherri&lname=buffington&|title=Sherri Cheek (Buffington)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 27, 2021}}</ref> is a [[business]]woman and [[lobbyist]] from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state senator for District 38 in Caddo and DeSoto parishes in the northwestern portion of her state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2024|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=January 27, 2021}}</ref> Buffington is the first female Republican ever to have been elected to the Louisiana Senate.<ref name=cheek>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925213250/ut-sherri|title=About Sherri|publisher=sherricheekforsenate.com|accessdate=January 27, 2021; may no longer be accessible on-line}}</ref>

'''Sherri Smith Buffington''', formerly '''Sherri Smith Cheek''' (born August 9, 1966),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/sherri-cheek/sweetcowgirl1976?fname=sherri&lname=buffington&|title=Sherri Cheek (Buffington)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 27, 2021}}</ref> is a [[business]]woman and [[lobbyist]] from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state senator for District 38 in Caddo and DeSoto parishes in the northwestern portion of her state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2024|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=January 27, 2021}}</ref> Buffington is the first female Republican ever to have been elected to the Louisiana Senate.<ref name=cheek>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925213250/ut-sherri|title=About Sherri|publisher=sherricheekforsenate.com|accessdate=January 27, 2021; may no longer be accessible on-line}}</ref>

Buffington was term-limited in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 24, 2015. Cloyce Crincrick Clark, III, who vowed "New Conservative Leadership" in contrast to Buffington's [[Moderate Republican]] status,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Cloyce_Clark|title=Cloyce Clark|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=January 27, 2021}}</ref> sought to fill her seat, as did Republican then state Representative]] [[Richard Burford]] of Stonewall in DeSoto Parish and two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], [[John Milkovich]], a Shreveport [[attorney]] who resides in Keithville in south Caddo Parish, and Jemayel Warren of Grand Cane in DeSoto Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/candidates-qualified-in-statewide-elections/|title=Candidates Qualified in Statewide Elections|publisher=KEEL (AM)|author=Angela Thomas|accessdate=January 27, 2021}}</ref>  In the runoff election on November 21, 2015, Milkovich defeated Burford.

Buffington was term-limited in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 24, 2015. Cloyce Crincrick Clark, III, who vowed "New Conservative Leadership" in contrast to Buffington's [[Moderate Republican]] status,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Cloyce_Clark|title=Cloyce Clark|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=January 27, 2021}}</ref> sought to fill her seat, as did Republican then state Representative [[Richard Burford]] of Stonewall in DeSoto Parish and two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], [[John Milkovich]], a Shreveport [[attorney]] who resides in Keithville in south Caddo Parish, and Jemayel Warren of Grand Cane in DeSoto Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/candidates-qualified-in-statewide-elections/|title=Candidates Qualified in Statewide Elections|publisher=KEEL (AM)|author=Angela Thomas|accessdate=January 27, 2021}}</ref>  In the runoff election on November 21, 2015, Milkovich defeated Burford.

==Background==

==Background==