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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick (June 25, 1945 – October 7, 2025) was an American politician who was a U.S. representative from 1997 to 2011, first for Template:Ushr and then for Template:Ushr. She was a member of the Democratic Party. In August 2010 she lost the Democratic primary election to Hansen Clarke, who replaced her in January 2011 after winning the 2010 general election.^[1]^[2]^[3] Kilpatrick was also the mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

Early life, education and career

Born Carolyn Jean Cheeks in Detroit on June 25, 1945, she graduated from Detroit High School of Commerce.^[4] She then attended Ferris State University in Big Rapids from 1968 to 1970 and earned a B.S. from Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo) in 1972. She earned a M.S. from the University of Michigan in 1977.^[4] She worked as a high school teacher and was later a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1979 to 1996.^[4]

U.S. House of Representatives

Committee assignments

Committee on Appropriations
- Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Caucus and other membership

Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Progressive Caucus

She was one of the 31 House Democrats who voted not to count the 20 electoral votes from Ohio in the 2004 presidential election.^[5] Republican President George Bush won the state by 118,457 votes.^[6]

The Congressional Black Caucus unanimously chose Kilpatrick as its chairwoman for the 110th Congress (2007-09).^[4]

On September 29, 2008, she voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. [1]

Political campaigns

In 1996, Kilpatrick challenged three-term incumbent Barbara-Rose Collins in the 1996 Democratic primary for what was then the 15th District. She defeated Collins by a shocking margin, taking 51.6 percent of the vote to Collins' 30.6 percent. This was tantamount to election in this heavily Democratic, black-majority district. She was reelected six times, never dropping below 80 percent of the vote. Her district was renumbered as the 13th District after the 2000 Census. She faced no major-party opposition in 2004 and was completely unopposed in 2006.

2008

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2010

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". In 2010, she was again challenged in the Democratic primary. Unlike in 2008, her opposition coalesced around State Senator Hansen Clarke, who defeated her in the August 3 primary. “This is the final curtain: the ending of the Kilpatrick dynasty,” said Detroit political consultant Eric Foster of Foster, McCollum, White and Assoc. ^[7] NPR and CBS News both noted that throughout her re-election campaign, she was dogged by questions about her son, Kwame Kilpatrick, who is in prison on numerous corruption charges.^[8]^[9] Michigan Live reported that her election defeat could in part be attributed to the Kwame Kilpatrick scandals.^[10]

Personal life and death

Kilpatrick was a member of the Detroit Substance Abuse Advisory Council, and was a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

Kilpatrick was married to Bernard Nathaniel Kilpatrick from 1968 until divorcing in 1981.^[11] The couple had two children, daughter Ayanna and son Kwame Kilpatrick, a former Mayor of Detroit. She had six grandsons including two sets of twins and two granddaughters. Both her former husband and son were on trial, under an 89-page felony indictment. On March 11, 2013, her son was found guilty on 24 of 30 federal charges and her former spouse was found guilty on 1 of 4 federal charges.^[12]

Kilpatrick lived in Metro Atlanta in her later years, and died from Alzheimer's disease at her daughter's home in Fayetteville, Georgia, on October 7, 2025, at the age of 80.^[4]^[13]

Electoral history

Michigan's 13th congressional district general election, 2008
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edward J. Gubics	Script error: No such module "string".	19.08
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George L. Corsetti	Script error: No such module "string".	4.24
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Gregory Creswell	Script error: No such module "string".	2.55
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Michigan's 13th district Democratic primary, August 3, 2010^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Hansen Clarke	Script error: No such module "string".	47.32
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (incumbent)	Script error: No such module "string".	40.89
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Glenn Plummer	Script error: No such module "string".	4.27
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Broad	Script error: No such module "string".	3.92
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Vincent Brown	Script error: No such module "string".	1.87
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Stephen Hume	Script error: No such module "string".	1.72
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External links

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Michigan Democratic Party
13th Congressional District at Michigan Liberal
The Political Graveyard
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-'''Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick''' (born June 25, 1945) is a former American politician who was [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for {{ushr|Michigan|15}} and then {{ushr|Michigan|13}} from 1997 to 2011. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].  In August 2010 she lost the Democratic primary election to [[Hansen Clarke]], who replaced her in January 2011 after winning the [[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 13|2010 general election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/kilpatrick-loses-democratic-primary/|title=Kilpatrick Loses Democratic Primary|first=Jeff|last=Zeleny|date=August 4, 2010|website=The Caucus}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7060634n|title=Meet Freshmen Reps.-Elect Allen West & Hansen Clarke - CBS News Video<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=[[CBS News]] }}</ref><ref name=results13>{{cite web|url=http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/10GEN/06013000.html|title=13th District Representative in Congress 2 Year Term (1) Position Files In WAYNE County|date=March 2, 2011|access-date=January 18, 2014|publisher=[[Michigan Department of State]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129155059/http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/10GEN/06013000.html|archive-date=January 29, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kilpatrick is also the mother of former Detroit Mayor [[Kwame Kilpatrick]].
+'''Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick''' (June 25, 1945 – October 7, 2025) was an American politician who was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from 1997 to 2011, first for {{ushr|Michigan|15}} and then for {{ushr|Michigan|13}}. She was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].  In August 2010 she lost the Democratic primary election to [[Hansen Clarke]], who replaced her in January 2011 after winning the [[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 13|2010 general election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/kilpatrick-loses-democratic-primary/|title=Kilpatrick Loses Democratic Primary|first=Jeff|last=Zeleny|date=August 4, 2010|website=The Caucus}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7060634n|title=Meet Freshmen Reps.-Elect Allen West & Hansen Clarke - CBS News Video<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=[[CBS News]] }}</ref><ref name=results13>{{cite web|url=http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/10GEN/06013000.html|title=13th District Representative in Congress 2 Year Term (1) Position Files In WAYNE County|date=March 2, 2011|access-date=January 18, 2014|publisher=[[Michigan Department of State]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129155059/http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/10GEN/06013000.html|archive-date=January 29, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kilpatrick was also the mother of former Detroit Mayor [[Kwame Kilpatrick]].
 ==Early life, education and career==
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+Born Carolyn Jean Cheeks in Detroit on June 25, 1945, she graduated from Detroit High School of Commerce.<ref name = Nossiter>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/carolyn-cheeks-kilpatrick-dead.html|title = Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, 80, Dies; In Congress, a Lifeline for Detroit|last = Nossiter|first = Adam|date = October 10, 2025|accessdate = October 10, 2025|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited}}</ref> She then attended [[Ferris State University]] in [[Big Rapids, Michigan|Big Rapids]] from 1968 to 1970 and earned a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] from [[Western Michigan University]] ([[Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo]]) in 1972. She earned a [[Master of Science|M.S.]] from the [[University of Michigan]] in 1977.<ref name = Nossiter/> She worked as a high school teacher and was later a member of the [[Michigan House of Representatives]] from 1979 to 1996.<ref name = Nossiter/>
-Born Carolyn Jean Cheeks in [[Detroit]], she graduated from Detroit High School of Commerce. She then attended [[Ferris State University]] in [[Big Rapids, Michigan|Big Rapids]] from 1968 to 1970 and earned a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] from [[Western Michigan University]] ([[Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo]]) in 1972. She earned a [[Master of Science|M.S.]] from the [[University of Michigan]] in 1977. She worked as a high school teacher and was later a member of the [[Michigan House of Representatives]] from 1979 to 1996.
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 She was one of the 31 House Democrats who voted not to count the 20 [[Electoral College (United States)|electoral vote]]s from [[Ohio]] in the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 7: On Agreeing to the Objection|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll007.xml|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives|access-date=December 24, 2012|date=January 6, 2005}}</ref> Republican President George Bush won the state by 118,457 votes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/29/politics/ohio-recount-gives-a-smaller-margin-to-bush.html|title = Ohio Recount Gives a Smaller Margin to Bush|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 29 December 2004|last1 = Salvato|first1 = Albert}}</ref>
-On December 6, 2006, the [[Congressional Black Caucus]] unanimously chose Kilpatrick as its chairwoman for the [[110th United States Congress|110th Congress]] (2007-8).
+The [[Congressional Black Caucus]] unanimously chose Kilpatrick as its chairwoman for the [[110th United States Congress|110th Congress]] (2007-09).<ref name = Nossiter/>
 On September 29, 2008, she voted against the [[Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008]].
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 <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20100803/NEWS15/100803079/1435/Clarke-upsets-Cheeks-Kilpatrick |title=Clarke upsets Cheeks Kilpatrick in key race; end of a political dynasty? |access-date=2010-08-04 |archive-date=2014-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203134622/http://www.freep.com/article/20100803/NEWS15/100803079/1435/Clarke-upsets-Cheeks-Kilpatrick |url-status=dead }}</ref> NPR and CBS News both noted that throughout her re-election campaign, she was dogged by questions about her son, [[Kwame Kilpatrick]], who is in prison on numerous corruption charges.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128807149 Kwame Kilpatrick's Woes Tinge Mother's Campaign : NPR<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20012628-503544.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805024546/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20012628-503544.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 5, 2010|title=Michigan Election Results Mean End of Kilpatrick Era – Political Hotsheet – CBS News<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=[[CBS News]] }}</ref> ''Michigan Live'' reported that her election defeat could in part be attributed to the Kwame Kilpatrick scandals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2010/08/kwame_kilpatricks_legal_troubles_play_into.html|title=Kwame Kilpatrick's legal troubles play into Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick's defeat|first=Sheena Harrison |last=MLive.com|date=August 4, 2010|website=mlive}}</ref>
-==Personal life==
+==Personal life and death==
-Kilpatrick was married to Bernard Nathaniel Kilpatrick, with whom she has daughter Ayanna and son [[Kwame Kilpatrick]], a former Mayor of [[Detroit]]. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick divorced Bernard Kilparick in 1981. She has six grandsons including two sets of twins and two granddaughters. Both her former husband and son were on trial, under an 89-page felony indictment.  On March 11, 2013, her son was found guilty on 24 of 30 federal charges and her former spouse was found guilty on 1 of 4 federal charges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/01/10/Kwame-Kilpatrick-four-others-arraigned/94391294706141/|title=Kwame Kilpatrick, four others arraigned - UPI.com|website=UPI}}</ref>
+Kilpatrick was a member of the Detroit Substance Abuse Advisory Council, and was a member of [[Delta Sigma Theta]] sorority.
-* She is a member of the Detroit Substance Abuse Advisory Council.
+Kilpatrick was married to Bernard Nathaniel Kilpatrick from 1968 until divorcing in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/16302|title = KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks|website = [[United States House of Representatives]]|accessdate = October 10, 2025}}</ref> The couple had two children, daughter Ayanna and son [[Kwame Kilpatrick]], a former Mayor of Detroit. She had six grandsons including two sets of twins and two granddaughters. Both her former husband and son were on trial, under an 89-page felony indictment.  On March 11, 2013, her son was found guilty on 24 of 30 federal charges and her former spouse was found guilty on 1 of 4 federal charges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/01/10/Kwame-Kilpatrick-four-others-arraigned/94391294706141/|title=Kwame Kilpatrick, four others arraigned - UPI.com|website=UPI}}</ref>
-* She is a member of [[Delta Sigma Theta]] sorority
+Kilpatrick lived in [[Metro Atlanta]] in her later years, and died from [[Alzheimer's disease]] at her daughter's home in [[Fayetteville, Georgia]], on October 7, 2025, at the age of 80.<ref name = Nossiter/><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/07/carolyn-cheeks-kilpatrick-dies-at-80/86571470007/|title = Former Detroit U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick dies at 80|last = Spangler|first = Todd|date = October 7, 2025|accessdate = October 8, 2025|work = [[Detroit Free Press]]}}</ref>
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-*[http://www.michigandems.com/ Michigan Democratic Party]
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-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060506190948/http://www.michiganliberal.com/tag.do?tag=CD13 13th Congressional District] at ''Michigan Liberal''
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060506190948/http://www.michiganliberal.com/tag.do?tag=CD13 13th Congressional District] at ''Michigan Liberal''
-*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kilguss-kim.html#RWS02J0MO The Political Graveyard]
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Contents

Early life, education and career

U.S. House of Representatives

Committee assignments

Caucus and other membership

Political campaigns

2008

2010

Personal life and death

Electoral history

See also

References

External links

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Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 21:32, 26 December 2025

Early life, education and career

U.S. House of Representatives

Committee assignments

Caucus and other membership

Political campaigns

2008

2010

Personal life and death

Electoral history

See also

References

External links

Navigation menu

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