Dale Leon Bumpers was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was counsel at the Washington office of law firm Arent Fox LLP,where his clients included Riceland Foods and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Junius Marion Futrell was an American attorney who served as the 30th governor of Arkansas from 1933 to 1937,and the acting governor for a short period in 1913. He also served in the Arkansas House of Representatives and Arkansas Senate including as the senate president.
Blanche Lambert Lincoln is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected to the Senate in 1998;she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and youngest woman ever elected to the Senate at age 38. She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives,representing Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1997.
Michael Avery Ross is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 2001 to 2013 and was his party's nominee for governor of Arkansas in 2014. He is currently the last Democrat to have represented Arkansas in the House of Representatives. He was also a member of the Arkansas Senate from 1991 to 2001,a member of the Nevada County Quorum Court from 1983 to 1985,and a small business owner.
Mack Francis Mattingly is an American diplomat and politician from Georgia who served as a member of the United States Senate for one term from 1981 to 1987. He was the first Republican to have served in the U.S. Senate from that state since the Reconstruction era,and was also the first Republican ever to have been elected to the United States Senate from Georgia by popular vote.
The 1966 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 8,1966,to elect members to serve in the 90th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President Lyndon B. Johnson's second term. As the Vietnam War continued to escalate and race riots exploded in cities across the country,Johnson's popularity had fallen,and the opposition Republican Party was able to gain a net of 47 seats from Johnson's Democratic Party,which nonetheless maintained a clear majority in the House. This was also the first election that occurred after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 became law,the first time since 1870 that a Republican won a House seat in Arkansas,and the first since 1876 that the party did so in South Carolina.
The Kansas Republican Party is the state affiliate political party in Kansas of the United States Republican Party. The Kansas Republican Party was organized in May 1859.
Samuel D. Thompson is an American politician and scientist who served in the New Jersey Senate from 2012 to 2024,representing the 12th Legislative district. Before redistricting in 2011,he served in the General Assembly from 1998 to 2012,representing the 13th district.
The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000,its members are responsible for crafting and voting on legislation,helping to create a state budget,and legislative oversight over state agencies. Representatives are elected to two-year terms. The Kansas House of Representatives does not have term limits. The legislative session convenes at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka annually.
Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. was an American attorney and politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1973 to 1979 and the 2nd district from 1991 to 1997. He served as an associate justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1997 to 2004.
Oren Harris was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Marlin Andrew Stutzman is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives,representing Indiana's 3rd congressional district,from 2010 to 2017. A Republican,Stutzman previously served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008,representing district 52,and as a member of the Indiana Senate,representing the 13th district,from 2009 to 2010.
Shirley J. McKague was an American politician from Idaho. She was an Idaho State Senator,representing the 20th District as a Republican from 2007 to 2012. She previously served as an Idaho State Representative for Districts 14B and 20B from 1997 until her appointment to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Gerry Sweet.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas occurred on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Arkansas,concurrently with the election of the Governor of Arkansas,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The State government of Arkansas is divided into three branches:executive,legislative and judicial. These consist of the state governor's office,a bicameral state legislature known as the Arkansas General Assembly,and a state court system. The Arkansas Constitution delineates the structure and function of the state government. Since 1963,Arkansas has had four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Like all other states,it has two seats in the U.S. Senate.
Terry Wilfred Rice is an American politician and furniture and appliance store owner from Waldron,Arkansas. He has been a Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate for District 5,which include Scott and Sebastian counties near Fort Smith since January 2015.
Keith M. Ingram is an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party,Ingram represents the 24th district in the Arkansas Senate,of which he is the Minority Leader. Ingram's district includes Crittenden County and parts of Cross,Lee,Phillips and St. Francis counties in eastern Arkansas.
Will Bond is an attorney and Democratic politician from Little Rock,Arkansas. Born in Jacksonville,Bond studied political science at Vanderbilt University before earning a Juris Doctor at the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1995. Working as an attorney in Central Arkansas,Bond represented the Jacksonville area in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2003 to 2008. He was elected chair of the Democratic Party of Arkansas in 2011,serving until 2013. Bond served in the Arkansas Senate from 2017 to 2021. He lives in Little Rock with his wife Gabriel and their three children.
Richard L. White is an American politician who has served as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since March 2020. He represents Kentucky's 99th House district which includes Elliott,Morgan,and Rowan counties.
