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-seven Republicans, seven Democrats, and one independent.
More than 1,500 African American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) after passage of the Reconstruction Acts in 1867 and 1868 as well as in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy, disenfranchisement, and the Democratic Party fully reasserted control in Southern states. Historian Canter Brown, Jr. noted that in some states, such as Florida, the highest number of African Americans were elected or appointed to offices after 1877 and the end of Reconstruction. The following is a partial list some of the most notable of the officeholders pre–1900.
Melissa Hortman is an American politician and the Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represents District 36B, which includes portions of Anoka and Hennepin counties in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Prior to the 2018 elections, she served as Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
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 congressional district and includes most of the western area of the state. A Republican, Fischbach served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Minnesota under Governor Mark Dayton.
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 member of the Arkansas Senate representing District 4 since January 14, 2019. Leding previously served in the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing the 86th district in Fayetteville, the state's third-largest city, which includes Fayetteville High School, the West Dickson Street Commercial Historic District, the Fayetteville Historic Square, the Washington-Willow Historic District, and the University of Arkansas, the state's largest university. Fayetteville is located in Washington County.
The 2022 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term. Arkansas is one of the eight states and one territory of the United States that limit governors to two terms for life in their constitutions, along with California, Delaware, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Oklahoma. The winner of the 2022 gubernatorial election is scheduled to be 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.
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 dad, 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 87th District. She began serving in the Arkansas House in January 2015.
Vivian Flowers is a state legislator in Arkansas. She serves in the Arkansas House of Representatives and is a Democrat. She is a graduate of the University of Arkansas. She lives in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Delia J. Haak is a Republican state legislator in Arkansas. She represents the 91st 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.
Bill Sample is a state legislator in Arkansas.
Irma Hunter Brown is an American politician. 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 was 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. It was held alongside numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the 2022 Arkansas Senate election.
William "Willis" E. Gray was a state legislator serving in the Arkansas House of Representatives representing Pulaski County in 1881. He was elected to serve Pulaski County along with B. D. Williams, and he served as a Republican.
