Carrie P. Meek

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Carrie Meek
Carrie P. Meek
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Florida's 17th district
In office
1993–2003
Preceded by William Lehman
Succeeded by Kendrick Meek
Born April 29, 1926 (1926-04-29) (age 82)
Tallahassee, Florida
Political party Democratic

Carrie P. Meek (born April 29, 1926) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida.

Meek was born in Tallahassee, Florida and she graduated from Florida A&M University and the University of Michigan (since graduate schools in the state of Florida were segregated at the time). She was elected to the Florida state House of Representatives in 1978 as a Democrat, serving until 1983. As a state representative, she introduced a bill criminalizing stalking. She was elected to the Florida state Senate in 1982.

She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992. Meek claimed her district was undercounted in the 1990 Census. Meek believed the people of her district were cheated in the 2000 Presidential Election. Meek refused to attend a meeting with President George W. Bush in February 2001.[clarify] She retired from the House at the end of her term in 2003. She was succeeded in office by her son, Kendrick Meek.

Carrie P. Meek is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a service sorority founded by African-American women.

[edit] Electoral history

Florida's 17th congressional district: Results 1992–2000[1]
Year Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct
1992 Carrie P. Meek 102,784 100% (no candidate) *
1994 Carrie P. Meek 75,756 100% (no candidate) *
1996 Carrie P. Meek 114,638 89% Wellington Rolle 14,525 11% *
1998 Carrie P. Meek * (no candidate)
2000 Carrie P. Meek 100,715 100% (no candidate) *
*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1992, write-ins received 15 votes. In 1994, write-ins received 11 votes. In 1996, write-ins received 2 votes. In 1998, the election was uncontested with no write-ins, so Meek's vote total was not recorded. In 2000, write-ins received 3 votes.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Election Statistics. Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
Political offices
Preceded by
William Lehman		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Florida's 17th congressional district
1993–2003		 Succeeded by
Kendrick Meek