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Ronald Trevor Drown | |
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| Member of the ArkansasHouseofRepresentatives from the 68th district | |
| In office January 2015 –January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Robert E. Dale |
| Succeeded by | Stan Berry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1970 Russellville,Pope County Arkansas,USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Kara Drown |
| Children | Ayden and Ella Drown |
| Parent(s) | Ronald S. and Donna F. Drown |
| Residence(s) | Dover,Pope County Arkansas,USA |
| Alma mater | Arkansas Tech University |
| Occupation | Sergeant Major,20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Mississippi National Guard Businessman |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army United States Air National Guard |
Ronald Trevor Drown (born c. 1970), [1] is a U.S. Army Green Beret,a Sergeant Major (E-9) in the 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and a businessman from Dover,Arkansas,who was a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 68 in Pope and Van Buren counties in the north central portion of his state. Drown ran in 2018 for election as Arkansas secretary of state.
Military Service:
In 2005 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom,Global War on Terror,Drown was deployed as part of a Special Forces A Team operating out of Forward Operating Base Robinson in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. In 2015,Master Sergeant Drown was called to active duty and deployed to Juba,South Sudan on individual special assignment. Drown returned to the United States in July 2016 and ordered off of active duty in August 2016. A small businessman,he was also formerly employed as a driver for United Parcel Service.
Political History:
Drown joined the Republican Party to contest the District 68 state House seat vacated by the term-limited Republican Robert E. Dale. To gain the Republican nomination,he first handily defeated in the May 20 primary election two intra-party rivals,Zachary Tyler Sellers and Ingram Philips.
Drown then won handily in the November 4 general election over the Democrat Tachany Evans,9,847 votes (77.9 percent) to 2,222 (22.1 percent)
Drown ran for election as Arkansas secretary of state in 2018 but was defeated by John Thurston in the Republican primary. [2] [3] [4]
