Nate Bell

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Bell exchanged e-mails with an Arkansas resident living outside his district, regarding his stance on abortion. [7] [8]

Boston Marathon bombing comments

In response to news reports of a lockdown in the Boston metropolitan area, on April 19, 2013, Bell tweeted, "I wonder how many Boston liberals spent the night cowering in their homes wishing they had an AR-15 with a hi-capacity magazine?". [9] [10]

Bell's remarks outraged many in Massachusetts, Arkansas, and throughout the country. [11] The Republican then Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, Davy Carter, called the remark "inappropriate and insensitive." Then Democratic minority leader Greg Leding of Fayetteville, said, "The people of Boston are not cowards. They are patriots. ... No one, including Representative Bell, should ever infer that the American people are anything other than courageous, and the only words we should be offering to the people of Boston are those of support and of prayer." [12]

Personal life

Bell is involved in many community and civic organizations, including Rotary International, 4-H Clubs (volunteer leader), Poultry Partners, the National Rifle Association of America, and the Polk County Farm Bureau. He is also a member of LeadAR, the Western Arkansas Fire Rescue Association, and the Potter Volunteer Fire Department. Bell attends the non-denominational Grace Bible Church. Bell and his wife, Phyllis, have two daughters, Victoria and Hannah. [13]

Bell did not seek a fourth term in the state House in 2016. A Republican, John Maddox instead won the position. Bell still has ten years of eligibility in the state legislature should he decide to serve again. [14]

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Nate Bell
Member of the ArkansasHouseofRepresentatives
from the 20th district
In office
January 2013 January 2017
Preceded by
Bill Abernathy
Arkansas State Representative for District 22 (formerly Polk County; now Garland County)
20112013
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Johnnie Roebuck
Arkansas State Representative for District 20 (Polk and Montgomery counties)
20132017
Succeeded by