Woodruff County is located in the Arkansas Delta in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The county is named for William E. Woodruff,founder of the state's first newspaper,the Arkansas Gazette. Created as Arkansas's 54th county in 1862,Woodruff County is home to one incorporated town and four incorporated cities,including Augusta,the county seat. The county is also the site of numerous unincorporated communities and ghost towns. Occupying only 587 square miles (152,000 ha),Woodruff County is the 13th smallest county in Arkansas. As of the 2020 Census,the county's population was 6,269. Based on population,the county is the second-smallest county of the 75 in Arkansas. Located in the Arkansas Delta,the county is largely flat with fertile soils. Historically covered in forest,bayous and swamps,the area was cleared for agriculture by early settlers. It is drained by the Cache River and the White River. Along the Cache River,the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) runs north–south across the county,preserving bottomland forest,sloughs and wildlife habitat.
Mark Lunsford Pryor is an American attorney,politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 2003 to 2015. He previously served as Attorney General of Arkansas from 1999 to 2003 and in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Carl Edward Bailey was an American attorney and the 31st governor of Arkansas from 1937 to 1941.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is the newspaper of record in the U.S. state of Arkansas,printed in Little Rock with a northwest edition published in Lowell. It is distributed for sale in all 75 of Arkansas' counties.
The Florida Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Florida,headquartered in Tallahassee. Former Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried is the current chair.
The Arkansas State Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate consists of 35 members,each representing a district with about 83,000 people. Service in the state legislature is part-time,and many state senators have full-time jobs during the rest of the year. During the current term,the Senate contains twenty-nine Republicans and six Democrats.
WEHCO Media,Inc.,based in Little Rock,AR is a privately held media company with holdings that include newspapers,cable television systems,and internet service. Walter E. Hussman Jr.,is the president. Hussmann is the grandson of Clyde E. Palmer,whose media holdings formed the basis of WEHCO Media. WEHCO is an acronym for Walter E. Hussman Company.
The Democratic Party of Arkansas is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Arkansas. The current party chair is Grant Tennille. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton was born in Arkansas,and served as state governor from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992.
Arkansas State University–Mountain Home (ASUMH) is a public community college in Mountain Home,Arkansas. It is part of the Arkansas State University System and primarily serves students of north central Arkansas. Among other tracks,the college prepares nurses who may then go on to serve at the health complex and supporting facilities that surround the Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. ASUMH serves approximately 1,500 students each year.
Arkansas's 2010 general elections were held November 2,2010. Primaries were held May 18,2010 and runoffs,if necessary,were held November 23,2010. Arkansas elected seven constitutional officers,17 of 35 state senate seats,all 100 house seats and 28 district prosecuting attorneys,and voted on one constitutional amendment and one referred question. Non-partisan judicial elections were held the same day as the party primaries for four Supreme Court justices,four appeals circuit court judges,and eight district court judges.
The 1836–37 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1836 and 1837,and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections,terms were up for the senators in Class 3.
John Burris is a Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. where he served three two-year terms,the maximum allowed by Arkansas term limit laws at the time.
Michael John Lamoureux is a lawyer,lobbyist,and former Republican politician from Russellville,Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas General Assembly for over ten years before resigning to serve as chief of staff to Governor Asa Hutchinson. In 2016,Lamoureux resigned and joined a lobbying firm.
Larry R. Teague is a former American politician and was 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 served as Senate Minority Whip. He was 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.
James French Hill is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional district since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the Governor of Arkansas,concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson won re-election to a second term,winning by more than 33 percentage points and carrying all but seven counties,marking the largest winning margin of any Republican gubernatorial candidate in Arkansas history.
The Eighty-Ninth Arkansas General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Arkansas in 2013 and 2014. In this General Assembly,the Arkansas Senate and Arkansas House of Representatives were both controlled by the Republicans. In the Senate,21 senators were Republicans and 14 were Democrats. In the House,69 representatives were Republicans,30 were Democrats,and one was independent. The 89th General Assembly was the first time both chambers were controlled by Republicans since the Reconstruction era.
The Ninety-Second Arkansas General Assembly is the legislative body of the state of Arkansas in 2019 and 2020. In this General Assembly,the Arkansas Senate and Arkansas House of Representatives were both controlled by the Republicans. In the Senate,26 senators were Republicans and 9 were Democrats. In the House,76 representatives were Republicans,24 were Democrats. A special session was called in March 2020 to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2022 Arkansas lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Arkansas. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections,including for Governor of Arkansas. Primary elections were held on May 24. Arkansas is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.
Mark Johnson is an American politician currently serving in the Arkansas Senate from the 15th district. He won the seat unanimously after no other candidate ran against him. He won his primary and will face Democrat David Barber in the general election in his bid for a second term.
