Bakari Sellers
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Bakari T. Sellers (born September 18, 1984) is an American attorney, political commentator, and politician. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives for the 90th District from 2006 to 2014.
Bakari Sellers | |
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Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 90th district | |
In office December 2006 ā December 2014 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Rhoad Jr. |
Succeeded by | Justin Bamberg |
Personal details | |
Born | (1984-09-18) September 18, 1984 (age 39) |
Political party | Democratic |
Parent | Cleveland Sellers (father) Gwen Williamson Sellers (mother) |
Education | Morehouse College (BA) University of South Carolina (JD) |
Sellers represented South Carolina's 90th district in the lower house of the state legislature from 2006 to 2014, becoming the youngest African American person elected official in the country at age 22.[citation needed] He vacated his seat in the South Carolina House of Representatives to run for Lieutenant Governor in 2014, but lost to Henry McMaster.[1] He was succeeded in the House by Justin T. Bamberg.
Sellers is currently a political analyst on CNN.[2][3][4] He is also a paid lobbyist for the government of Liberia.[5]