Preceded by Gloria Tinubu Role Politician Name Keisha Waites | Website www.keishawaites.com Political party Democratic Party Democratic Party | |
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Born October 30, 1972 (age 52) Atlanta, Georgia ( 1972-10-30 ) Occupation Emergency management consultant Residence Atlanta, Georgia, United States Similar Alex Wan, Mary Norwood, Cathy Woolard | ||
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Keisha Sean Waites (born 1972) is an American politician from the state of Georgia. A Democrat, she was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives 60th District on February 7, 2012, in a special election. District 60 includes southeast Atlanta, College Park, East Point, Hapeville, Forest Park, Hartsfield Jackson Airport, Porsche Headquarters and parts of Clayton and DeKalb counties.
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Early life and career
Born in 1972 at Grady Hospital, Rep. Waites attended Lakeside High School in Atlanta and graduated in 1991. She then attended Georgia Southern and Atlanta Metropolitan College and graduated with a degree in political science.
Waites's qualified for the District 60 House seat on January 9, 2012. In the special election, she took 54.2 percent of the vote (321 votes) compared to 18.6 percent (110 votes) for Theresa Middlebrooks and 27.2 percent (161 votes) for Latrenka Riley, thus avoiding a runoff.
Waites ran unopposed in the 2014 general election, maintaining her seat for another two years until the 2016 elections, when all 180 seats will be up for contest.
Waites resigned from her House seat on September 18, 2017 to run for the chairship of the Fulton County Commission.
Personal
--> Waites was one of four openly LGBT current members of the Georgia General Assembly, alongside Democratic Representatives Karla Drenner, Park Cannon, and Sam Park.