Rita Heard Days | |
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Member of the Missouri Senate from the 14th district |
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In office 2003 - 2011 |
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Preceded by | John D. Schneider |
Succeeded by | Maria Chappelle-Nadal |
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 71st district |
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In office 1993 - 2000 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States |
October 16, 1950
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | St. Louis, Missouri |
Alma mater | Lincoln University (Missouri) |
Rita Heard Days (born October 16, 1950) is a Democratic politician from St. Louis, Missouri. She served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1993 to 2000, and was a member of the Missouri State Senate from 2003 to 2011.
Days was born in Minden, Louisiana and educated at Lincoln University. She has three children.
Days was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in a special election in 1993, and served in that body through the year 2000. She was elected to the Missouri State Senate in 2002. As a senator, she served on the following committees:
In 2010, she was succeeded in the Senate by fellow Democrat Maria Chappelle-Nadal.