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Jim Hendren
Independent
Prior offices:
Arkansas State Senate District 2
Years in office: 2013 - 2023
Successor: Matt Stone (R)
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 3, 2020
Education
High school
Gravette High School, 1981
Bachelor's
University of Arkansas, 1984
Military
Service / branch
U.S. Air Force
Years of service
1984 - 1992
Personal
Religion
Christian
Profession
Business owner
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Jim Hendren (independent) was a member of the Arkansas State Senate, representing District 2. He assumed office on January 14, 2013. He left office on January 9, 2023.

Hendren (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Arkansas State Senate to represent District 2. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

He was first elected to the chamber in 2012. Hendren previously served as state Senate president pro tempore from 2019 to 2021.

On February 18, 2021, Hendren announced he was leaving the Republican Party to become an independent.[1] According to a statement, Hendren said, "This comes after many sleepless nights; a lot of serious consideration; and it comes with sadness and disappointment. But it’s clear-eyed. I’m making this decision because my commitment to our state and our country is greater than loyalty to any political party."[2]

Biography

Hendren earned his B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Arkansas in 1984. His professional experience includes working as owner and operator of Hendren Plastics Inc. Hendren served in the United States Air Force from 1984 to 1992.

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Hendren was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Hendren was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Arkansas committee assignments, 2017
• City, County and Local Affairs
• Education
• Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs
• Joint Budget
• Joint Budget
• Joint Performance Review, Vice chair
• Joint Performance Review, Vice chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Hendren served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Hendren served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: Arkansas State Senate elections, 2022

Jim Hendren did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: Arkansas State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Arkansas State Senate District 2

Incumbent Jim Hendren defeated Ryan Craig in the general election for Arkansas State Senate District 2 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Jim Hendren (R)
 
73.4
 
32,705
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Ryan Craig (D)
 
26.6
 
11,825

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 44,530
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Ryan Craig advanced from the Democratic primary for Arkansas State Senate District 2.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jim Hendren advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas State Senate District 2.

2016

See also: Arkansas State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Arkansas State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing period began at noon local time on November 2, 2015, and ended at noon local time on November 9, 2015.[3]

Incumbent Jim Hendren ran unopposed in the Arkansas State Senate District 2 general election.[4]

Arkansas State Senate, District 2 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jim Hendren Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State



Incumbent Jim Hendren ran unopposed in the Arkansas State Senate District 2 Republican Primary.[5][6]

Arkansas State Senate, District 2 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jim Hendren Incumbent (unopposed)

2012

Hendren ran for election in the 2012 election for Arkansas Senate, District 2. Hendren ran unopposed in the May 22 Republican primary and ran unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012.[7][8][9]

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign finance summary

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Jim Hendren campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Arkansas State Senate District 2Won general$129,753 N/A**
2016Arkansas State Senate, District 2Won $54,602 N/A**
2012Arkansas State Senate, District 2Won $21,503 N/A**
Grand total$205,858 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in Arkansas

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In 2014, the Arkansas General Assembly was either not in session or no scorecards were found. Please contact us if you would like to suggest a scorecard.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Arkansas General Assembly in 2013.

2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

Hendren was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Arkansas. Hendren was one of nine delegates from Arkansas bound by state party rules to support Marco Rubio at the convention.[10] Rubio suspended his campaign on March 15, 2016.

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Arkansas, 2016 and Republican delegates from Arkansas, 2016

Congressional district delegates from Arkansas to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions in April 2016, while at-large delegates were elected by the Arkansas Republican State Committee at a state convention in May 2016. Arkansas GOP rules in 2016 required delegates to the convention to vote for the candidate whom they designated on their delegate-filing form through the first round of voting. The rules allowed delegates to vote for a different candidate on the first ballot only if their designated candidate released them prior to the first round of voting or if their designated candidate "withdrew" from the race.

Arkansas primary results

See also: Presidential election in Arkansas, 2016
Arkansas Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 32.8% 133,144 16
Ted Cruz 30.5% 123,873 15
Marco Rubio 24.9% 101,235 9
Ben Carson 5.7% 23,173 0
John Kasich 3.7% 15,098 0
Mike Huckabee 1.2% 4,703 0
Jeb Bush 0.6% 2,406 0
Rand Paul 0.3% 1,127 0
Chris Christie 0.2% 651 0
Carly Fiorina 0.1% 409 0
Rick Santorum 0.1% 286 0
Lindsey Graham 0.1% 250 0
Bobby Jindal 0% 167 0
Totals 406,522 40
Source: The New York Times

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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Arkansas had 40 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 12 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's four congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; the highest vote-getter in a district received two of that district's delegates, and the second highest vote-getter received the remaining delegate. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all three of that district's delegates.[11][12]

Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 15 percent of the statewide vote in order to receive any at-large delegates. Each candidate who met the 15 percent threshold received one delegate. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she was allocated the remaining at-large delegates. If no candidate won a majority of the statewide vote, the unallocated at-large delegates were divided proportionally among those candidates who met the 15 percent threshold. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[11][12]

Personal

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Hendren and his wife, Tammy, have four children.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Arkansas Times, "Sen. Jim Hendren leaves Republican Party to become independent and form centrist coalition," February 18, 2021
    2. ↑ Common Ground AR, "A statement from our founder Senator Jim Hendren," accessed February 19, 2021
    3. ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "2016 Election Dates," accessed November 17, 2015
    4. ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election and Nonpartisan Runoff Election," accessed November 23, 2016
    5. ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate Information," accessed July 25, 2016
    6. ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Results," accessed April 19, 2016
    7. ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Election Results 2012," accessed November 7, 2012
    8. ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "2012 Election candidates," March 8, 2012
    9. ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed December 20, 2013
    10. ↑ KATV.com, "Arkansas GOP Convention Delegates and Alternates Elected," May 14, 2016
    11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
    12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    -     		Arkansas State Senate District 2
    2013-2023    		 Succeeded by
    Matt Stone (R)
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