Cherie Berry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Cherie Berry

American politician

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1946

Place of Birth: Newton, North Carolina, United States

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Cherie Killian Berry (born December 21, 1946) is an American politician and the current North Carolina Commissioner of Labor.Berry was born in Newton, North Carolina and owned LGM Ltd., a spark plug wire manufacturing business in Catawba County, North Carolina.
A businesswoman, Berry served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1993 to 2000, where she chaired the welfare reform committee and co-chaired the commerce committee.
In November 2000, she was elected state labor commissioner, the first woman to hold the post.
A Republican, (the only Republican on the Council of State between 2001 and 2005), she bested Democrat Wayne Goodwin to win a second term in the 2004 statewide elections.
Berry narrowly defeated Mary Fant Donnan to keep her seat in the 2008 election.
Berry won a fourth four-year term in November 2012, defeating former Labor Commissioner John C.
Brooks by more than 280,000 votes.
Berry won a fifth four-year term in November 2016 , defeating former Raleigh mayor Charles Meeker by more than 476,000 votes, her largest percentage margin of victory.Berry was criticized in a newspaper report on poultry plant oversight.
Berry's fundraising has also been called into question by the Charlotte Observer.