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Mark Wilcox | |
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| Commissioner of State Lands of Arkansas | |
| In office January 14, 2003 –January 11, 2011 | |
| Governor | Mike Huckabee (2003-2007) Mike Beebe (2007-2011) |
| Preceded by | Charlie Daniels |
| Succeeded by | John Thurston |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Arkansas |
Mark Wilcox is the former Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands. A Democrat,he was first elected in November 2002,taking office in January 2003,and was reelected in November 2006 to a second term.
He previously served as a county official in Faulkner County,having been elected justice of the peace in 1990 and tax collector in 1992.
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