Michelle Cook

Michelle Cook

Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 65th district
In office January 7, 2009 – January 8, 2025
Preceded by	Anne Ruwet
Succeeded by	Joseph Canino

Personal details
Born	(1970-01-19) January 19, 1970 (age 56) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Party	Democratic
Children	4
Education	Missouri Baptist University (BS) Central Connecticut State University (MS)

Michelle Cook (born January 19, 1970) is an American politician who served the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 65th district from 2009 to 2025.

In the 2024 Connecticut House of Representatives election, she was unseated by Republican candidate Joseph Canino.

References

↑ "Biography". Housedems.ct.gov. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
↑ "65th District Rep. Michelle Cook wants to continue to serve her district". Oneidadispatch.com. 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
↑ Kingsley, Owen; Strothers, Zoe (2024-11-15). "Young, political newcomer who unseated longtime state representative speaks on what's ahead". wfsb.com. Retrieved 2025-02-09.

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1990s	Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales – Virginia Hamilton (1995) No Award (1996) No Award (1997) Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color – Patricia McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack Jr. (1998) No Award If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks – Faith Ringgold (1999)
2000s	Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children – Sandra Pinkney (2000) Just the Two of Us – Will Smith (2001) Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales – Nelson Mandela (2002) My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Christine King Farris (2003) The 1963 Civil Rights March – Sabrina Crewe (2004) Girls Hold Up This World – Jada Pinkett Smith (2005) Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom – Carole Boston Weatherford (2006) Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson – Sue Stauffacher (2007) Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope – Nikki Grimes (2008) Our Children Can Soar – Michelle Cook (2009)
2010s	My Brother Charlie – Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete (2010) You Can Be a Friend – Tony and Lauren Dungy (2011) What Color is My World – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Raymond Obstfeld (2012) Nelson Mandela – Kadir Nelson (2013) Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After – Rachel Renée Russell (2014) Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America – Carole Boston Weatherford (2015) Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas – Gwendolyn Hooks (2016) Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History – Vashti Harrison (2017) Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race – Margot Lee Shetterly (2018) Sulwe – Lupita Nyong'o (2019)
2020s	She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm – Katheryn Russell-Brown (2020) Stacey’s Extraordinary Words – Stacey Abrams (2021) Stacey’s Remarkable Books – Stacey Abrams (2022) Crowned: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora – Kahran Bethencourt (2023) You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!): A Lil TJ Book – Taraji P. Henson and Paul Kellam (2024) Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark – Allen R. Wells and DeAndra Hodge (2025)