Cleo Fields
Cleo Fields | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Garret Graves (redistricted) |
| Constituency | 6th district |
| In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Jim McCrery (redistricted) |
| Succeeded by | John Cooksey (redistricted) |
| Constituency | 4th district |
| Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 14th district | |
| In office January 13, 2020 – January 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| In office December 1997 – January 2008 | |
| Preceded by | John Michael Guidry |
| Succeeded by | Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb |
| In office March 1988 – January 3, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Turnley |
| Succeeded by | John Guidry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 22, 1962 Port Allen, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Debra Horton |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Southern University (BA, JD) |
| Website | House website |
Cleo Fields (born November 22, 1962)[1] is an American attorney and Democratic politician who is the member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Louisiana's 6th congressional district since 2025. He previously represented the state's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 1997.
In 2020, Fields was elected to the Louisiana Senate. He served in the state senate before from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1997 ti 2008. He unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Louisiana in 1995, losing to Murphy J. Foster Jr..
In January 2024, Fields announced a campaign to return to the U.S. House of Representatives after court-ordered redistricting gave Louisiana a second Black-majority and Democratic-leaning seat.[2] He won the general election in November 2024.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "FIELDS, Cleo". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ↑ "Cleo Fields announces run for Congress in new 2nd Black majority district". WAFB. 2024-01-23. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
Other websites
[change | change source]- United States Congress. "Cleo Fields (id: F000110)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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