| Rita Heard Days | |
| Term Start1: | 2019 |
| Order1: | Member of the St. Louis County Council from the 1st district |
| Predecessor1: | Hazel Erby |
| State Senate2: | Missouri |
| State2: | Missouri |
| District2: | 14th |
| Term Start2: | 2003 |
| Term End2: | 2011 |
| Preceded2: | John D. Schneider |
| Succeeded2: | Maria Chappelle-Nadal |
| State House3: | Missouri |
| District3: | 71st |
| Term Start3: | 1993 |
| Term End3: | 2000 |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Date: | 16 October 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Minden, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Lincoln University |
| Residence: | St. Louis, Missouri |
Rita Heard Days (born October 16, 1950) is a Democratic politician from St. Louis, Missouri. She served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1993 to 2000, and was a member of the Missouri Senate from 2003 to 2011. In 2019 she was elected to the St. Louis County Council representing the first district.[1] [2]
Days was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in a special election in 1993, and served in that body through the year 2000. She was elected to the Missouri Senate in 2002. As a senator, she served on the following committees:
In 2010, she was succeeded in the Senate by fellow Democrat Maria Chappelle-Nadal.