Edge Nowlin

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Edge Nowlin

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

December 14, 2021

Education

Bachelor's

University of Arkansas, 2021

Personal

Birthplace

La Junta, Colo.

Religion

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Profession

Director of technical certification

Contact

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Edge Nowlin (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the Arkansas State Senate to represent District 7. He lost in the special Republican primary on December 14, 2021.

Nowlin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Nowlin was born in La Junta, Colorado. He earned two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Arkansas, one in 1964 and the other in 2021. Nowlin’s career experience includes working as the director of technical certification with IBM. Previously, he was a launch engineer on the Apollo Moon Project.

As of 2021, Nowlin was affiliated with the following organizations:

• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Committee on Transportation and Aerospace Policy
• ARRL
• PADI

Elections

2022

See also: Arkansas state legislative special elections, 2022

General election

Special general election for Arkansas State Senate District 7

Colby Fulfer defeated Lisa Parks in the special general election for Arkansas State Senate District 7 on February 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Colby Fulfer (R)	50.4	2,033
		Lisa Parks (D)	49.6	2,001

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,034
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Republican primary runoff election

Special Republican primary runoff for Arkansas State Senate District 7

Colby Fulfer defeated Steven Unger in the special Republican primary runoff for Arkansas State Senate District 7 on January 11, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Colby Fulfer	52.1	922
		Steven Unger	47.9	847

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,769
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Arkansas State Senate District 7

Lisa Parks defeated Derek Van Voast in the special Democratic primary for Arkansas State Senate District 7 on December 14, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lisa Parks	84.2	723
	Submit photo	Derek Van Voast	15.8	136

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 859
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Arkansas State Senate District 7

Colby Fulfer and Steven Unger advanced to a runoff. They defeated Jim Bob Duggar and Edge Nowlin in the special Republican primary for Arkansas State Senate District 7 on December 14, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Colby Fulfer	46.7	1,388
✔		Steven Unger	31.7	943
		Jim Bob Duggar	15.3	456
		Edge Nowlin	6.3	188

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,975
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Edge Nowlin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Nowlin's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm not a politician. I'm a homegrown Arkansan and I've spent the last 53 years raising my family, serving in our church, building business and creating jobs. I'm guided by my faith, conservative values, family, and firm belief that Arkansas can bear the standard of Liberty for the country. The source of success to Edge is his family; his wife Deborah, 2001 Arkansas Mother of the Year, has raised six children and now has 20 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. It is family that keeps Edge moving, learning , and working to this day. “My reason for getting up each day and fighting the fight is rooted in this, my family. “ It is his children that first demanded he enter this race.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Pro-Life, Pro-2nd Ammendment, Pro Law Enforcement
• Tax reform and protecting Arkansas from federal government overreach
• Supports parents having more control in their child's education and opposes Critical Race Theory and socialist programs

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Federal overreach into state government should be curtailed. Arkansas and her citizens should be free to make the best decision for their state without the federal government imposing their will.

I am very passionate about protecting parents rights to have more control over their child's education. Families are key to the overall health and freedom of Arkansas and the Nation.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

There are many people with traits and accomplishments worth emulating, but I only look up to Jesus Christ. Though I may constantly fail, by striving to follow His example I gain a feeling of peace and protection that let's me know all is well.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Integrity. I believe you must stand by your word. When elected you are being chosen because of what you stand for. You must be willing to follow through even in the face of opposition.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The first historical event I remember was the celebration of the Korean War Armistice, summer 1953. I remember the parade in Arkadelphia, with military, floats, and the color guard with the American flag, and the emotions of patriotism that surged through me.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Though I worked for several companies as a co-op while in collage, my first real job was with IBM as a Launch Engineer at Cape Canaveral on the Apollo Moon Project. I was there for 2 1/2 years before transferring to Washington DC to Work on a classified project.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

In Arkansas, the governor is the executive, responsible for executing laws established by the legislature; his voice is important because it represents, by the fact of his election, a significant portion of the people. And there are policies upon which he based his candidacy that are important to those constituents. In such cases the legislature should give significant consideration to ideas that relate to those policies.

At the same time, the voice of the legislature represents the collective voices of people located throughout the different parts of the state, and thus gives a more granular view of the people's opinion on a particular question. At such times the governor should give serious consideration to legislative proposals.

Thus compromise many times must be a part of the relationship between the two offices in order to reach a solution agreeable to both. But that compromise must not violate trust or integrity.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Arkansas is blessed with resources, beauty, and peace that have and will continue to be a magnet to those who discover it; recognition of this by others outside the State will only accelerate in the future. It is necessary we recognize the impact such growth can have upon the State, and fine tune laws to increase the type of jobs that have positive effect upon these natural blessings in order to discourage those jobs that can have a negative effect. this should be a guiding principle in establishing legislation to be considered.

Do you believe that it’s beneficial for state legislators to have previous experience in government or politics?

Experience is always a good teacher, thus experience in government or politics is generally good. However, if the experience is gained without responsibility to carry out the decisions made, learning how to tune politics to the needs of the people is sacrificed.

Successfully conducting business in a large corporation can bring out a level of politics that would challenge that seen in any legislative body, which means that in such an environment one learns not only politics and governance, but how to direct it in constructive ways.

Politics and government experience can tend to corrupt the best of people due to the power thus given; working in industry tempers those effects by teaching the value of maintaining integrity in all areas of compromise.

Do you believe it’s beneficial to build relationships with other legislators? Please explain your answer.

We are all unique individuals and so have different ways of approaching, developing, and implementing ideas. It is natural for us to feel our unique approach is the best and to look at other approaches suspect. However, if we come to know others (legislatures, in this case) we can better understand their approach and become more open to their ideas, and in that way progress toward solutions that work best for all concerned. It is not only beneficial, but necessary to build relationships with other legislators.

Are you interested in running for a different political office (for example, the U.S. Congress or governor) in the future?

I have no immediate interest in future office.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Compromise is both necessary and desirable in order for the development of the best policy. It is seldom that one's initial idea when initially conceived is so perfect that it cannot be tuned or improved by input from others. But there is a necessary part of this process that is overlooked; compromise must never result in the violation of standards of integrity and trust.

The Constitution we live under in this country is the most important example of compromise that we have from history. When completed, no one felt totally satisfied, but all were willing to sign the final product. Studying the history of this work is one way of learning the proper way to approach compromise.

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Current members of the Arkansas State Senate

Leadership

Majority Leader:Blake Johnson

Minority Leader:Greg Leding

Senators

District 1

Ben Gilmore (R)

District 2

Matt Stone (R)

District 3

Steve Crowell (R)

District 4

Jimmy Hickey (R)

District 5

Terry Rice (R)

District 6

Matt McKee (R)

District 7

Alan Clark (R)

District 8

Stephanie Flowers (D)

District 9

Reginald Murdock (D)

District 10

Ronald Caldwell (R)

District 11

Ricky Hill (R)

District 12

Jamie Scott (D)

District 13

Jane English (R)

District 14

Clarke Tucker (D)

District 15

Fredrick Love (D)

District 16

Kim Hammer (R)

District 17

Mark Johnson (R)

District 18

Jonathan Dismang (R)

District 19

Dave Wallace (R)

District 20

Dan Sullivan (R)

District 21

Blake Johnson (R)

District 22

John Payton (R)

District 23

Scott Flippo (R)

District 24

Missy Irvin (R)

District 25

Breanne Davis (R)

District 26

Vacant

District 27

Justin Boyd (R)

District 28

Bryan King (R)

District 29

Jim Petty (R)

District 30

Greg Leding (D)

District 31

Clint Penzo (R)

District 32

Joshua Bryant (R)

District 33

Bart Hester (R)

District 34

Jim Dotson (R)

District 35

Tyler Dees (R)

Republican Party (28)

Democratic Party (6)

Vacancies (1)