Gloria Singleton Butler (born December 25, 1941) is an American politician from the
state
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. A member of the
Democratic Party, Butler has been a member of the
Georgia State Senate since 1999.
[Senator Gloria S. Butler]
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and
Gwinnett County
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. Butler has served as Minority Leader since January 2021.
Early life and education
Gloria S. Butler graduated from
Perimeter College with an
associate degree
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in business administration. She is a member of the
National Council of Negro Women
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, DeKalb Women's Political Caucus, National Women's Political Caucus (governing member), and the DeKalb County
NAACP
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(lifetime member).
Political career
Butler was elected in 1998 and sworn into the Senate in 1999.
She is an eight-term Senator and sits on the Senate Ethics, Health and Human Services, Public Safety, Rules, State and Local Governmental Operations, and Urban Affairs committees.
On November 16, 2020, Butler was elected Senate Minority Leader, becoming the first woman to lead a party caucus in the Senate chamber;
Butler is also the second woman to lead a party caucus in either chamber after
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Yvonne Abrams (; born December 9, 1973) is an American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017. A member ...
, who led the House Democratic minority from 2011 to 2017.
See also
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List of state government committees (Georgia)
The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 68 seated committees are operated: 29 senate committees, 37 house committees, and 2 ...
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Profileat the
Georgia State Senate
1941 births
2020 United States presidential electors
20th-century American politicians
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21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
Democratic Party Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
Living people
People from Stone Mountain, Georgia
Perimeter College at Georgia State University alumni
Women state legislators in Georgia (U.S. state)
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