Honorific-Prefix: | Representative |
Linda Cooper-Suggs | |
State House: | North Carolina |
State: | North Carolina |
District: | 24th |
Term Start: | July 27, 2020 |
Term End: | January 1, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Jean Farmer-Butterfield |
Successor: | Ken Fontenot |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Date: | 1953 |
Alma Mater: | North Carolina A&T State University (BA) East Carolina University (MA) |
Occupation: | Educator |
Residence: | Wilson, North Carolina |
Linda Darnell Cooper-Suggs (born 1953) is an American politician. She is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She has represented the 24th district (composed of all of Wilson County) from 2020 to 2023.[1]
Cooper-Suggs was selected by Democratic party activists from Wilson County on July 25, 2020 to represent the 24th House district, a vacancy left by the resignation of Jean Farmer-Butterfield.[2] Her appointment was approved by North Carolina governor Roy Cooper on July 27, 2020. She ran for the same office in November 2020 and won the election on 3 November 2020 from the platform of Democratic Party. She secured fifty-three percent of the vote while her closest rival Republican Mick Rankin secured forty-seven percent.[3]