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The Arkansas State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly,the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the state. Each district has an average population of 29,159 according to the 2010 federal census. Members are elected to two-year terms and,since the 2014 Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution,limited to sixteen years cumulative in either house.
Richard T. Moore is a Democratic politician from Massachusetts and a former member of the Massachusetts State Senate.
Melony Ghee Griffith is an American politician who represents district 25 in the Maryland Senate.
Garland Edward Pierce is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives,who has represented the state's 48th district since 2005. Pierce is African-American. During the 2016 legislative session,Pierce was one of 11 Democrats to vote in favor of House Bill 2,the controversial "Bathroom Bill". He was reelected in 2020.
Janis K. Lee was the chief hearing officer for the Kansas Court of Tax Appeals from 2011 until 2013. She was a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate representing the 36th district from 1989 until 2011. She was Assistant Minority (Democratic) Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives from 1997 until her appointment as a hearing officer. She was also the vice-president of the Unified School District 238 Board of Education.
Jeffrey "Jeff" R. King is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing residents of Allen,Woodson,Anderson,Franklin,Coffey,Wilson,Montgomery,Elk,and Chautauqua counties in the 15th Senate district from 2011 until 2017. He was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Derek Schmidt in the Kansas Senate 15th district,following Schmidt's election as Kansas Attorney General. King assumed office in the Kansas Senate on January 10,2011,resigning from the House,effective the same day. He previously served in the Kansas House of Representatives,first holding office in 2007. In 2016,the American Conservative Union gave him a lifetime evaluation of 79%.
Brenda Landwehr is a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the state's 91st district. She has served since 1995. She is the owner of LT Care Solutions,Inc.,and is a member of Christ the King Church,Comcare Mental Health Advisory Board,and the Salvation Army Foster Care Advisory Board.
Tim Owens is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 8th district from 2008 to 2013. He was a representative for the 19th district in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2002 until his election as senator. From 1981 to 2005,he served as a council member for the Overland Park City Council,3rd District. An attorney,he is married with 2 children.
Peter F. Brungardt is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 24th district from 2001 to 2013. His previous political experiences include the Salina City Planning Commission (1986–1991),Salina City Commission (1991–1999),and Mayor of Salina.
Soren M. Petersen is an American Republican politician who serves in the Kansas Senate,representing the 28th district since 2005.
Harriette L. Chandler is an American politician who was the 94th President of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts State Senator for the 1st Worcester district,which includes parts of the city of Worcester,where she resides,and the towns of Boylston,Holden,Princeton,and West Boylston,and parts of Clinton and Northborough. She is a Democrat who has served since January 2001. From 1995 to 2001 she was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature,she was a member of the Worcester school committee from 1991 to 1994. She is the first woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
Jeanie Riddle is an American politician from Missouri. A Republican,she served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 49th District in Callaway County. She is currently serving as a member of the Missouri Senate from the 10th District which includes the counties of Audrain,Callaway,Lincoln,Monroe,Montgomery and Warren.
Jeffrey S. Longbine is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 17th district since 2010. Longbine has served as Vice President of the Senate since 2017.
Jeff Irwin is an American activist,progressive and politician serving as a member of the Michigan Senate. A member of the Democratic Party,he served on the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners from 1999 to 2010,and in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017.
Katrina Frye Shealy is an American politician,and a member of the South Carolina State Senate. She is a Republican but was elected as a petition candidate from District 23 in Lexington County. At the time of her election she was the only woman in the South Carolina Senate but is now one of five women currently serving in the South Carolina State Senate.
Jeremy Ryan Claeys is a member of the Kansas Senate and a former member of the Kansas House of Representatives.
Angela Z. Monson is an American politician from Oklahoma who served in the Oklahoma State House of Representatives,representing District 99 from 1990–1993,as well as the Oklahoma Senate,representing District 48 from 1993–2005. In 2003,she became the first African American woman assistant majority floor leader in the Oklahoma legislature. Monson defeated incumbent Kirk Humphreys,a former Oklahoma City mayor,for the school board chairman's position in 2009,serving until 2013.
Sam Watford was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 80th House district,including part in Davidson county (Thomasville). He is currently serving his third term as Davidson County Commissioner and has served on Davidson County Planning and Zoning Board. Watford is married to Karen Hege Watford,a retired teacher,and has two daughters,Morgan and Jordan. Watford supported,and voted for,the HB 465 - Amending Regulations Regarding Abortion,in 2015.
Martha J. Baumgardner is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing District 37 since April 2014. She lives in Louisburg,Kansas.
James Smallwood,Jr. is an American business consultant and politician elected to the Colorado Senate in 2016. He represents State Senate District 4 in Douglas County which encompasses the communities of Castle Rock,Larkspur,Parker,Franktown,and Castle Pines.