Robert "Buddy" Buckingham (1933 – June 13, 2017) was an American politician from

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who was a member of the

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from 1999 to 2005. Buckingham was first elected in 1998 after incumbent

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retired to run for mayor of

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. He lost reelection in 2004, being defeated by Republican Melvin Henley. Henley would later switch to the Democratic party in September 2007. Buckingham died in June 2017 at age 83.

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