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==Background==

==Background==

Prior to her election in 2003, Buffington had been since 1992 the legislative aide to her predecessor in office, fellow Moderate Republican [[Ron Bean]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316160933/http://senate.legis.state.la.us/Cheek/biography.asp|title=Senator Sherri Smith Cheek - District 38|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=March 16, 2012}}</ref> She graduated from Southwood High School in Shreveport and attended Centenary College and Louisiana State University in Shreveport, a four-year campus established in 1967. Buffington worked in her family's rental business and was active in the Summer Grove [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in south Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403042821/http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?chamber=S&id=141476&lvl=L|title=Senator Sherri Smith Cheek|publisher=congress.org|accessdate=April 3, 2012}}</ref>

Prior to her election in 2003, Buffington had been since 1992 the legislative aide to her predecessor in office, fellow Moderate Republican [[Ron Bean]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316160933/http://senate.legis.state.la.us/Cheek/biography.asp|title=Senator Sherri Smith Cheek - District 38|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=January 21, 2021}}</ref> She graduated from Southwood High School in Shreveport and attended Centenary College and Louisiana State University in Shreveport, a four-year campus established in 1967. Buffington worked in her family's rental business and was active in the Summer Grove [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in south Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403042821/http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?chamber=S&id=141476&lvl=L|title=Senator Sherri Smith Cheek|publisher=congress.org|accessdate=April 3, 2012}}</ref>

==Succeeding Ron Bean==

==Succeeding Ron Bean==