14 Facts About Cherie Berry

Nora Cherie Killian Berry was born on December 21,1946 and is an American politician who served as the North Carolina Commissioner of Labor from 2001 to 2021.

Nora Cherie Killian was born in Newton, North Carolina, on December 21,1946, to Earl and Lena Carrigan Killian.

Cherie Berry's father gave her the name Cherie after the French phrase "mon cherie" which he had heard in France on his way home following his release as a prisoner-of-war of World War II.

Cherie Berry attended Lenoir Rhyne College, ending her studies there in 1967.

Cherie Berry studied at Gaston College in 1969 and Oakland Community College in 1977.

Cherie 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.

Cherie Berry was sworn in as North Carolina Commissioner of Labor on January 6,2001.

Cherie Berry was the only Republican on the Council of State between 2001 and 2005, and defeated Democrat Wayne Goodwin to win a second term in the 2004 statewide elections.

Cherie Berry narrowly defeated Mary Fant Donnan to keep her seat in the 2008 election.

Cherie 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.

Cherie Berry was criticized in a newspaper report on poultry plant oversight.

Cherie Berry initially rejected the idea, but decided to implement it after winning reelection.

Cherie Berry has received a small following among younger North Carolinians due to her catchy name and her picture inside elevators in North Carolina.

Cherie Berry released it under a pseudonym, Tha Commissioners, on a MySpace page and supplied a copy to a disc jockey at WKNC-FM, North Carolina State University's student radio station.