caption district residence state_senate succeeded birth_place image_size party profession state_house term birth_date spouse image article_title state name alma_mater
bray in 2010 . 24th 84th st. louis , missouri missouri john lamping lubbock , texas 190px democratic teacher , journalist missouri 2003 - 2010 1993 - 2002 16 september 1945 carl hoagland joan bray 2010 cropped.jpg joan bray
 missouri joan bray southwestern university , university of massachusetts amherst
joan bray

joan bray -lrb- born september 16 , 1945 -rrb- is a former teacher , journalist , and union leader .
she was a democratic member of both the missouri house of representatives -lrb- 1993 -- 2002 -rrb- and missouri state senate -lrb- 2003 -- 2010 -rrb- .
she resides with her husband , carl hoagland , in st. louis , missouri .
she has two children , noel and kolby .
bray was born in lubbock , texas , and graduated from southwestern university with a b.a. in english , and from the university of massachusetts amherst with a c.a.g.s. .
she was a teacher in colorado and massachusetts .
she has also was a journalist with the `` san antonio express-news '' and `` st. louis post-dispatch '' , during which time she served as vice-president of the newspaper guild 's local 49 .
bray was first elected to the missouri house of representatives in 1992 , and served in that body through 2002 , when she was elected to the missouri state senate .
she was term-limited out in 2010 , when she was replaced by republican john lamping .
in the senate , she served on the following committees : appropriations commerce , consumer protection , energy and the environment rules , joint rules , resolutions and ethics transportation ways and means joint committee on mo health net joint committee on transportation oversight joint committee on tax policy bray was appointed interim executive director of consumers council of missouri in march 2013 .
