Sherwood is a city in Pulaski County,Arkansas,United States. As of the 2020 census,the population of the city was 32,731,making it the 13th most populous city in Arkansas. It is part of the Little Rock−North Little Rock−Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area with 699,757 people according to the 2010 census.
Little Rock Central High School (LRCH) is an accredited comprehensive public high school in Little Rock,Arkansas,United States. The school was the site of the Little Rock Crisis in 1957 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation by race in public schools was unconstitutional three years earlier. This was during the period of heightened activism in the civil rights movement.
Robert Marion Berry was an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1997 to 2011. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Michael Avery Ross is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 2001 to 2013 and was his party's nominee for governor of Arkansas in 2014. He is currently the last Democrat to have represented Arkansas in the House of Representatives. He was also a member of the Arkansas Senate from 1991 to 2001,a member of the Nevada County Quorum Court from 1983 to 1985,and a small business owner.
Lottie H. Shackelford is an American politician who in 1987 was the first woman appointed Mayor of Little Rock,Arkansas. In 1993,President Bill Clinton appointed her to the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC),making her the first African-American woman to serve in that role. She also is the longest serving Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC),having held the office for 20 years.
The National League of Cities (NLC) is an American advocacy organization that represents the country's 19,495 cities,towns,and villages along with 49 state municipal leagues. Created in 1924,it has evolved into a membership organization providing education,research,support,and advocacy to city leaders across America. Based in Washington,D.C.,it is considered part of the 'Big Seven',a group of organizations that represent state and local governments in the United States. NLC provides training and other resources to municipal officials,holds conferences,and conducts federal advocacy efforts on behalf of cities,towns and villages.
Mickey Dale Beebe is an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015. He is to date the last Democrat to hold that office.
The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is a Washington,D.C.–based 527 organization founded in 1983,consisting of U.S. state and territorial governors affiliated with the Democratic Party. The mission of the organization is to provide party support to the election and re-election of Democratic gubernatorial candidates. The DGA's Republican counterpart is the Republican Governors Association. The DGA is not directly affiliated with the non-partisan National Governors Association.
Kathy Webb is an American restaurateur and politician from Little Rock,Arkansas. A Democrat,she was re-elected and currently serves as Vice Mayor of Ward 3 of Little Rock,and previously served as Vice Mayor of Little Rock from 2015 to 2017. She formerly served in the Arkansas House of Representatives,representing the state's 37th district from January 8,2007,to January 13,2013. She was re-elected as Vice Mayor of Little Rock,Arkansas in January 2023 and replacing Ward 5 City Director Lanes Hines.
William A. Halter Jr is an American politician who served as the 18th lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected to succeed the late Republican Winthrop Paul Rockefeller in 2006,defeating Republican challenger Jim Holt.
Nora Bayly Slawik is a Minnesota politician,previously serving as Chairwoman of the Metropolitan Council,Maplewood Mayor and Minnesota State Representative. From 1997 to 1998 and 2001–2002,she represented District 57A,and from 2003 to 2012,she represented District 55B,which includes portions of Ramsey and Washington counties and the cities of Maplewood and Oakdale in the eastern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. As Mayor of Maplewood,first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2018,she oversaw economic redevelopment,increased public safety,and expansion of Maplewood's public outdoor spaces. In 2018,she was appointed by Governor Tim Walz to serve as head of the Metropolitan Council,where she worked until stepping down in November 2019. She also has a history of community service before her time in office,including her development of Juniper as their Project Manager for the Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging from 2016 to 2017.
Little Rock is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The city's population was 202,591 as of the 2020 census. The six-county Little Rock metropolitan area is the 81st-most populous in the United States with 748,031 residents according to the 2020 census.
Mark Gerretsen is a Canadian politician who is the Member of Parliament for Kingston and the Islands as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He was first elected in the 2015 federal election,and re-elected in 2019 and 2021. He currently serves on the Standing Committee for Procedure and House Affairs and is the former Chair of the Ontario Liberal Caucus.
Warwick Sabin is a former Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives who represented the 33rd district. The 33rd includes Hillcrest,Leawood,Briarwood,Hall High,Capitol View/Stifft's Station,Downtown and the Arkansas State Capitol Building. Representative Sabin was a candidate for Mayor in the 2018 Little Rock mayoral election. Though initially leading in the polls and being the leader in fundraising,he lost the election to Frank Scott Jr.
The 2014 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the governor of Arkansas,concurrently with the election to Arkansas's Class II U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. This was the last time the Arkansas governor's changed partisan control.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas was held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Arkansas,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including the governor of Arkansas and a United States senator.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Little Rock,Arkansas,US.
Frank D. Scott Jr. is an American politician from the state of Arkansas. He is the mayor of Little Rock,Arkansas,serving since January 2019. Scott is a member of the Democratic Party.
Sharon Mary Priest is a Canadian-American politician and businessperson. Priest was mayor of Little Rock,Arkansas from 1991 to 1992 before being the first woman elected to the role of Secretary of State of Arkansas in 1994. She was re-elected in 1998 and her tenure ended in 2003. During her terms in office,she introduced an internet-based Information Network of Arkansas,encouraged participation in elections and in the 2000 US Census,and worked towards electoral reform. She also served as president of the National Association of Secretaries of State.
