Brenda Clack | |
|---|---|
| Member of theMichigan House of Representatives from the34th district | |
| In office January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Dave Woodward |
| Succeeded by | Woodrow Stanley |
| County Commissioner | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Woodrow Stanley |
| Constituency | Genesee County 2nd District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1945-07-22)July 22, 1945 (age 80) |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Floyd Clack |
Brenda Clack (born July 22, 1945) is an American politician from theU.S. state ofMichigan. She is aDemocrat and was until 2009 a member of theMichigan State House of Representatives. She represented the34th House District (map), which is located inGenesee County, and includes much of the city ofFlint. She chaired the Families and Children's Services Committee.
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Clack graduated fromTennessee State University in 1969, receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in education. She graduated fromEastern Michigan University. She worked as a teacher in the Flint Area public school system for several years. She was chosen as Michigan's economics teacher of the year in 1995. She is married to former State RepresentativeFloyd Clack, and they have two children. Clack isAfrican-American.
Clack was elected to the State House in 2002.[1] She represented the 34th district, which includes much of the city of Flint and is overwhelmingly Democratic. She never faced a serious challenge for re-election. Term limits prevented her from running for re-election in 2008. She sat on the Education, Families and Children's Services, Health Policy, and the New Economy and Quality of Life Committees. In 2008, Clack ran for and won election the First District Genesee County Board of Commissioners.[2]
Finished in second place in the 2009 Flint Mayoral primary. With 16.22 percent of the vote, she edged out Darryl E. Buchanan by 14 votes.[3] On August 4, 2009, Clack lost the special general mayoral election againstDayne Walling.
