Tyler Dees

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Meagan Dees
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Tyler Dees
Member of the Arkansas Senate
from the 35th district
Assumed office
January 9, 2023
Children3 [2]
Residence Siloam Springs, Arkansas
Alma mater John Brown University

Tyler Dees is an American politician representing part of Northwest Arkansas in the Arkansas Senate since 2023.

Life and career

Dees attended John Brown University. [3] He is a businessperson working in retail for Simmons Foods. [2]

Longtime member of the Arkansas General Assembly Jim Hendren (Independent) announced his retirement in 2022, opening a vacancy in the 35th district, which had recently been renumbered from the 2nd district during redistricting. [2] [3] Dees ran against Jeff Tennant and State Representative Gayla Hendren McKenzie in the March 2022 Republican primary. The race went to a runoff election, [4] when Dees defeated McKenzie to win the Republican nomination. [5]

In November 2022, Dees defeated Libertarian Doug Peterson in the general election, winning 73 percent of the votes. [6] He was seated on January 9, 2023 in the 94th Arkansas General Assembly.

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References

  1. Thompson, Doug (September 19, 2022). "Dees, Peterson race for state Senate has no Democrat". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hayot, Marc (March 23, 2022). "Siloam Springs Resident Tyler Dees runs for Arkansas State Senate District 35". Siloam Springs Herald-Leader. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Tyler Dees announces run for state senate district 35". Siloam Springs Herald-Leader. March 2, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  4. Thompson, Doug (June 9, 2022). "State Senate District 35 runoff set in western Benton, Washington counties". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  5. Thompson, Doug (June 22, 2022). "Newcomer prevails in Senate runoff". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  6. "2022 Arkansas State Senate - District 35 Election Results". The Indianapolis Star . November 8, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.