| 词条 | Sara Thomas |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Sara Richardson Thomas | honorific-suffix = | image = | alt = | state_house = Mississippi | district = 31st | term_start = 1999 | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = | prior_term = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|4|21}} | birth_place = Indianola, Mississippi, United States | death_date = | death_place = | profession = | party=Democratic }}Sara Richardson Thomas (born April 21, 1941) is an American educator and politician from Indianola, Mississippi. She was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 31st District, having first been elected in 1998 to succeed her nephew, Bill Richardson, who had died in office, and having retired in June 2018. She is a member of the Democratic Party.[1] BackgroundThomas, the daughter of sharecroppers, attended Mississippi Valley State University and Delta State University.[2] She taught language arts in the public elementary schools of Sunflower County, Mississippi for 21 yers before becoming a principal. She is married to Arthur Lee Thomas. Legislative serviceIn 1997, her nephew Bill Richardson, who represented the 31st district, died of cancer. Thomas was elected to fill the vacancy in 1998, and would serve in that office for 21 years. In late June 2018, it was announced that she had resigned effective June 30. At that time, she was serving on the House committees on Agriculture, Education, Ethics, Investigating State Offices, Public Property and Youth and Family Affairs.[3] References1. ^{{cite web|title=Sara Thomas|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/2141/sara-thomas|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=April 23, 2015}} {{Mississippi House of Representatives |state=collapsed}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Sara}}{{Mississippi-politician-stub}}2. ^Official state website 3. ^[https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/29/mississippi-lawmaker-sara-richardson-thomas-retiring/745595002/ Fowler, Sarah. "Longtime Mississippi lawmaker Sara Richardson Thomas retiring" Mississippi Clarion Ledger June 29, 2018] 18 : 1941 births|African-American state legislators in Mississippi|Living people|Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives|Mississippi Democrats|Women state legislators in Mississippi|People from Indianola, Mississippi|20th-century American politicians|20th-century American women politicians|21st-century American politicians|21st-century American women politicians|African-American schoolteachers|American women educators|Educators from Mississippi|Mississippi Valley State University alumni|Delta State University alumni|American school principals|Woman school principals and headteachers |
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