Arkansas State University is a public research university in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System and the second largest university in the state. The university was founded in 1909 and is located atop 1,376 acres on Crowley's Ridge.
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.
Michelle Louise Helene Fischbach is an American attorney and politician who is the U.S. representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district. The district, which is very rural, is Minnesota's largest by area and includes most of the western part of the state. A Republican, Fischbach served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Minnesota from 2018 until 2019. As of 2024, she is the last Republican to have held statewide office in Minnesota.
The General Assembly of Arkansas is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of the upper house Arkansas Senate with 35 members, and the lower Arkansas House of Representatives with 100 members. All 135 representatives and state senators represent an equal number of constituent districts.
Greg Leding is a Democratic politician who has represented the Fayetteville area in the Arkansas General Assembly since 2011. He served as minority leader in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2012 to 2014 and currently serves as minority leader in the Arkansas Senate.
John Gray Lucas was a lawyer and a state legislator in Arkansas during the early 20th century. He was appointed Assistant U.S. attorney in Cook County in 1934. Born in Marshall, Texas, in 1864, he eventually moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He graduated from Branch Normal College of Arkansas Industrial University. He then got his law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1887, graduating with honors as the only African-American student in his class. He moved to Chicago.
Liz Olson is an American politician who formerly served in the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Olson represented District 8A in northeastern Minnesota, which includes parts of the city of Duluth in St. Louis County.
Ginny Klevorn is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Klevorn represents District 42B in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area, which includes the city of Plymouth and parts of Hennepin County.
Robert Bierman is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Bierman represents District 56A in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area, which includes the city of Apple Valley and parts of Dakota County.
The 2022 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next governor of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican governor Asa Hutchinson was term-limited and could not seek a third term. Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders, daughter of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, defeated Democrat Chris Jones to become the first woman ever elected to the office, and was sworn in on January 10, 2023.
Deborah A. "Debbie" Armstrong is an American health consultant, businesswoman, and politician who served as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives for the 17th district from January 2015 to July 2022.
Michelle Salzman is an American politician, businesswoman, and Army veteran currently serving as a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 1st District since November 2020. She defeated incumbent Mike Hill in the Republican primary and Democrat Franscine Mathis in the general election. She was re-elected in 2022 and 2024.
Howard M. Beaty Jr. is a banker and state legislator in Arkansas. He serves in the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing the 9th District. Beaty lives in Crossett, Arkansas. He is a Republican.
Gayla Joy Hendren McKenzie is a lawyer and state legislator in Arkansas, serving in the Arkansas House of Representatives. In 2021, she began her second term. She represents District 92 which includes portions of Benton County, Arkansas. She lives in Gravette and is married with two children. Kim Hendren is her father, and fellow legislator Jim Hendren is her brother. Her sister, Hope Hendren Duke, is running for their brother's seat in the State House. She established and ran a radio station for more than two decades and later owned a stone business. The radio station is KBVA.
Robin Lundstrum is a state legislator in Arkansas. She serves in the Arkansas House of Representatives. She is a Republican. She lives in Springdale, Arkansas and represents the 18th district. She began serving in the Arkansas House in January 2015.
Delia J. Haak is a Republican state legislator in Arkansas. She represents the 17th District covering part of Benton County, Arkansas in the Arkansas House of Representatives. She has worked at John Brown University since 1985. She is married and owns a farm with her husband. She graduated from John Brown University and then the University of Arkansas.
David Tollett is a school superintendent and Republican state legislator in Arkansas. He serves in the Arkansas House of Representatives. He represents District 12. His opponent won 52 percent of the votes but was determined ineligible because of a state law precluding candidates convicted of past crimes involving deceit. His opponent had been pardoned by Bill Clinton in regard to the financial issues that occurred some 30 years earlier but the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled unanimously that he was ineligible to run for office.
Irma Hunter Brown is an American politician in Arkansas. She was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1981 to 1998 and a member of the Arkansas Senate from 2003 to 2008. She was the first African American woman to be an Arkansas legislator. Her photograph was included in a composite with other House members.
Sebron Williams Dawson was a state legislator in Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1889 and 1891. He represented Jefferson County, Arkansas and was a Republican. He was photographed.
The 2022 Arkansas House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022. Elections were held to elect representatives from all 100 House of Representatives districts across the U.S. state of Arkansas. They were held alongside numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the 2022 Arkansas Senate election.
