John Nichols Boozman is an American politician and former optometrist serving as the senior United States senator from Arkansas,a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party,he was the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 3rd congressional district from 2001 to 2011. He is the dean of Arkansas's congressional delegation.
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL),established in 1975,is a "nonpartisan public officials’association composed of sitting state legislators" from the states,territories and commonwealths of the United States.
B. Patrick Bauer is an American politician who served as Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives from 2003 to 2005 and 2007 to 2011. A Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives,he has represented the 6th House District since 1970. His district consists primarily of the city of South Bend in St. Joseph County in northern Indiana. On January 28,2020,Bauer announced that he would not be running for reelection.
Dereck Eugene Davis is an American politician serving as the Treasurer of Maryland since 2021. He is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 25th district.
Derek Christian Kilmer is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for Washington's 6th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007 and the Washington State Senate from 2007 to 2012,representing the 26th district.
The National Black Caucus of State Legislators(NBCSL) is an American political organization composed of African Americans elected to state legislatures in the United States and its territories.
Mark Scheffel is an American politician and a former Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate. First elected to the Colorado State Senate as a Republican in 2008,Scheffel represented Senate District 4 in Douglas County,which encompasses Castle Rock,Larkspur,Parker,Franktown,and Castle Pines. Term limited,he did not run for re-election in the 2016 elections,so his term ended in January,2017.
Ariana Kelly is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. She is the member-designate to the Maryland Senate in District 16,succeeding Susan C. Lee. She is currently a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 16 since 2011,which is located in Montgomery County.
Sue Rezin is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 38th district since her appointment in December 2010. The 38th district includes Bureau,Putnam,LaSalle,Grundy,and Kendall counties in north central Illinois.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Arkansas may face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Arkansas. Same-sex marriage became briefly legal through a court ruling on May 9,2014,subject to court stays and appeals. In June 2015,the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that laws banning same-sex marriage are unconstitutional,legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States nationwide including in Arkansas. Nonetheless,discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity was not banned in Arkansas until the Supreme Court banned it nationwide in Bostock v. Clayton County,Georgia in 2020.
Gun laws in Arkansas regulate the sale,possession,and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of Arkansas in the United States.
David Patrick Joyce is an American politician and attorney who has served as the United States representative for Ohio's 14th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party,Joyce was previously the prosecutor of Geauga County,Ohio. He chairs the Republican Governance Group.
David James Sanders is a former member of the Arkansas State Senate for District 15,which encompasses Conway County and parts of Faulkner,Perry,Pulaski,and Van Buren counties. From 2011 to 2013,he served a term in the Arkansas House of Representatives for Pulaski County.
Nate Steel is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. During the 89th General Assembly session from 2013 to 2015,Steel served on the Judiciary committee.
Stephanie Anne Flowers is an American attorney and Democratic politician,serving in public office since 2004. Flowers started in politics when she was elected in 2004 to the District 17 seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives. In 2011,she was elected to the Arkansas State Senate where she remains presently.
Larry R. Teague is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arkansas Senate representing District 10,which includes Howard,Montgomery,Pike,and Polk counties and parts of Clark,Hempstead,Nevada,and Sevier counties. He also serves as Senate Minority Whip. He is ineligible to seek re-election in 2022 due to term limits. Teague served consecutively in the Arkansas General Assembly from January 2009 until January 2013 in the Senate District 20 seat and from January 1997 through January 2002 in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 19 seat.
Faith Winter is a Democratic Party legislator in the U.S. State of Colorado. She represents District 25 in the Colorado State Senate. Her district covers portions of Adams County,the City and County of Broomfield and Weld County,including the communities of Broomfield,Westminster,Northglenn and Shaw Heights. Prior to 2013,she represented District 24. During the 2020 reapportionment process,her residence moved from senate district 24 to senate district 25.
Dafna Michaelson Jenet is a Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represents House District 32 and prior to redistricting,District 30,which covered a portion of Adams County including parts of Commerce City,Aurora,Brighton,Henderson,Bennett,Keensburg,Strasburg,and Thornton. She was elected to her seat in 2016,unseating Republican incumbent JoAnn Windholz.
Bill Sample was a state legislator in Arkansas.
Robert William Lowry is an American pastor,speaker,and LGBTQIA+ activist ordained in the Presbyterian Church USA. Lowry serves as senior pastor of Westover Hills Presbyterian Church in Little Rock,Arkansas.
