{{Short description|American politician (born 1956)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name= Marsha Cheeks |image = |state_house=Michigan |district= 6th |term_start = January 1, 2003 |term_end = December 31, 2008 |predecessor= William McConico |successor = Fred Durhal, Jr. |party= Democratic |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1956|03|07|mf=y}} |birth_place= Detroit, Michigan |spouse = Divorced }}
'''Marsha G. Cheeks''' (born March 7, 1956) is a Detroit-born politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. She is a Democrat and member of the Michigan House of Representatives. She represents the 6th State House District, which includes most of Downtown Detroit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislator.aspx?ID=1469 |title=The Honorable Marsha Cheeks |access-date=16 January 2010 |publisher=Mackinac Center for Public Policy}}</ref> She is also the aunt of former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and sister of United States Representative Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=C4&Date=20080904&Category=NEWS0101&ArtNo=809040809&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=6|title=Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick delivered a televised speech |website=freep.com |publisher=Detroit Free Press |access-date=16 January 2010}}</ref>
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