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Clark Hall
Clark Hall is a former Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing District 13 from 2007 to 2013.
Hall served as Mayor of Marvell and on the Phillips County Quorum Court.
Biography
Hall's professional experience includes working as a farmer.[1]
Committee assignments
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Hall served on these committees:
- Subcommittee on Special Language
- Joint Performance Review Committee, Arkansas Assembly
- Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, Arkansas House
- Subcommittee on Labor and Environment
- Subcommittee on Constitutional Issues
- Subcommittee on House Elections
- Subcommittee on House State Agencies and Reorganization
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Hall served on these committees:
- Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, Arkansas Assembly
- Joint Performance Review Committee, Arkansas Assembly
- Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, Arkansas House
- State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee, Arkansas House
- Subcommittee on Counties and Municipalities
- Subcommittee on Labor and Environment (Chair)
- Subcommittee on State Agencies and Reorganization
Issues
Sponsored legislation
Hall's sponsored legislation includes:
- HB 1134 - "THE HEALTH CARE ACCESS IMPROVEMENT ACT."
- HB 1406 - "TO IMPOSE A FEE ON VETERINARY SERVICES PERFORMED ON CATS AND DOGS TO FUND LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTERS AND TO CREATE THE ANIMAL SHELTER TRUST FUND."
- HB 1997 - "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF DRUG SAMPLES."
For a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.
Elections
2012
Hall ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Arkansas's 1st District. He and Scott Ellington defeated Gary Latanich in the May 22 Democratic primary. He was then defeated by Ellington in the primary runoff election on June 12, 2012. He was term limited from running again for the Arkansas House of Representatives.[2][3]
Endorsements
Hall received the following endorsements in his bid to represent Arkansas's 1st Congressional District.
- Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel[4]
- U.S. House representative Mike Ross.[5]
2010
Hall won re-election to the 13th District seat in 2010. He defeated Johnny Weaver in the May 18 primary, receiving 3,326 votes to Weaver's 1,355.[6] He then won unopposed in the November 2 general election.[7]
| Arkansas House of Representatives, District 13 Democratic Primary, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Clark Hall Incumbent |
71.1% | 3,326 |
| Johnny Weaver | 28.9% | 1,355 |
| Total Votes | 4,681 | |
2008
On November 4, 2008, Hall won re-election to the 13th District Seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives, defeating opponent Mal Stokes (Ind).[8]
Hall raised $46,306 for his campaign, while Stokes raised $400.[9]
| Arkansas State House, District 13 (2008) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Clark Hall (D)
|
7,342 | |||
| Mal Stokes (Ind) | 1,161 | |||
Campaign themes
2012
Hall's website listed the following issues:
- Jobs & The Economy
- Excerpt: "Clark Hall believes creating jobs and economic development opportunities should be our first, second and third priorities. "
- Education
- Excerpt: "Clark Hall started his education in a one-room schoolhouse in East Arkansas. He understands the value of a good education, how far we have come in Arkansas and how far we have to go."
- Balancing the Budget
- Excerpt: "Clark Hall will fight to balance the nation’s budget as the next Congressman from the First District."
- Tough Decisions
- Excerpt: "To support job creation and economic development, Clark Hall believes we must end the partisan gamesmanship in Washington and get down to real decisions and tangible action."
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
Arkansas’s Freedom Scorecard
The Advance Arkansas Institute, an Arkansas-based nonprofit research and educational organization, released Arkansas's Freedom Scorecard in 2012 and 2013. The scorecard graded legislators based on how they voted on the principles the group sought to promote. The group identified the following six categories as interest areas tracked by this scorecard: "economic freedom, education reform, good government, personal liberty, small government, and tax/budget policy." Scores range from 100 percent (the highest score) to 0 percent (the lowest score). A higher score indicates that the legislator voted more in favor of the values supported by this group.[10] Hall received a score of 55 percent in the 2012 scorecard, ranking 67th out of 97 members of the Arkansas House of Representatives that were evaluated for the study.
Personal
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Hall has a wife, Becky.
See also
- Arkansas State Legislature
- Arkansas House of Representatives
- Arkansas House Committees
- Arkansas state legislative districts
External links
- Campaign website
- Arkansas House of Representatives - Rep. Clark Hall
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2010, 2008
- Facebook page
- Twitter feed
- YouTube channel
Footnotes
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed December 4, 2014
- ↑ Arkansas News, "Hall to run for East Arkansas congressional seat," October 17, 2011
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Unofficial primary runoff results," accessed May 12, 2014
- ↑ Arkansas News, "McDaniel endorses Hall for Congress," November 29, 2011 (dead link)
- ↑ The Republic ,"" December 14, 2011
- ↑ VoteNaturally.org, "Primary results," accessed May 12, 2014
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Official election results," accessed December 13, 2013
- ↑ VoteNaturally.org, "2008 general election results, Arkansas," November 4, 2008
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Arkansas House spending, 2008," November 4, 2008
- ↑ Advance Arkansas Institute, "Arkansas’s Freedom Scorecard 2012," accessed January 14, 2014
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by ' |
Arkansas House District 13 2007–2013 |
Succeeded by David Hillman (D) |
