page_title: List of African-American Republicans
section_title: B
hierarchical_section_title: List of African-American Republicans / B
caption_attribution_description: English: Walter Blackman speaking at an event in Phoenix, Arizona.
context_page_description: The following is a list of African-American Republicans, past and present. This list is limited to black Americans who have worked in a direct, professional capacity in politics.
context_section_description: Anna Simms Banks (1862–1923), first female delegate at the Kentucky's 7th congressional district Convention in Kentucky
  Martin G. Barnes (1948–2012), Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey
  Houston A.P. Bassett (1857–1920), member of the Texas House of Representatives
  Andrea Barthwell (b. 1953/1954), former Deputy Director for Demand Reduction at the Office of National Drug Control Policy
  Thomas Beck (1819–?), member of the Texas House of Representatives
  Ashley Bell, National Director of African American Engagement Office and the Director of the Small Business Administration's Southeast Region
  Walter Blackman, Arizona state representative
  J. Kenneth Blackwell (b. 1948), Ohio State Treasurer, Ohio Secretary of State, and 2006 Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio
  Donald Blakey (b. 1936), member of the Delaware House of Representatives
  Edward David Bland (1848–1927), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
  Michelle Bernard (b. 1963), journalist, author, columnist
  Lynette Boggs (b. 1963), Las Vegas City Councilwoman, former Clark County, Nevada commissioner, former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives
  Claude M. Bolton, Jr. (1945–2015), United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (2002–2008)
  Peter Boulware (b. 1974), NFL linebacker and Republican candidate for the Florida House of Representatives, District 9.
  Neal E. Boyd (1975-2018), opera singer and former candidate for the Missouri House of Representatives
  Jennette Bradley (b. 1952), Treasurer of the State of Ohio
  Randy Brock (b. 1943), State Auditor of Vermont, State Senator of Vermont
  Stephen Broden (b. 1952), conservative commentator, Life Always board member (a pro-life organization) and evangelical pastor, 2010 Congressional candidate
  Edward Brooke (1919–2015), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, first African American elected by popular vote to the U.S. Senate
  Cora Brown (1914–1972), first African-American female elected to a U.S. state senate
  Hallie Quinn Brown (1845–1949), an educator, writer and activist
  Janice Rogers Brown (b. 1949), U.S. Court of Appeals judge, California Supreme Court judge, and civil servant
  Reginald J. Brown (1940–2005), Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (2001–2005)
  Tony Brown (b. 1933),  a journalist, academian, businessman and commentator of the television show Tony Brown's Journal
  Blanche Bruce (1841–1898), U.S. Senator from Mississippi, first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate
  C.L. Bryant (b. 1956), Baptist minister, radio & television host
  J. Mark Burns (b. 1979), pastor and candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in South Carolina
  Nannie Helen Burroughs (1878–1961), educator, activist and feminist
  Walter Moses Burton (1840–1913), member of the Texas State Senate
  William Owen Bush (1832–1907), member of the Washington State Legislature
  Keith Butler (b. 1955/1956), Republican national committeeman from Michigan, former councilman for Detroit, minister and former U.S. Senatorial candidate
  Yvonne Brown (1952–2012), first female black Republican mayor in Mississippi
caption: Walter Blackman is the first black Republican elected to the Arizona Legislature.
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