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Randy Stewart, Arkansas Representative
Randy Stewart is a former Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing District 23 from 2007 to 2013.
Biography
Stewart's professional experience includes working as a high school teacher in the Kirby School District. He served as an Administrator and Federal Technician in the Arkansas National Guard and as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army/United States Army Reserve/Army National Guard from 1974-2002.
Stewart is a member of the Henderson State University Alumni Board, President of the Kirby Education Association and member of the Pike County Farm Bureau Board.[1]
Committee assignments
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Stewart served on these committees:
- Subcommittee on Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources
- Subcommittee on Claims Review, Chair
- Subcommittee on Higher Education, Vice Chair
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Stewart served on these committees:
- Advanced Communications and Information Technology Committee, Arkansas House
- City, County and Local Affairs Committee, Arkansas House
- Public Transportation Committee, Arkansas House
- Subcommittee on Planning
- Subcommittee on Public Transportation and Rail (Chair)
Issues
Stewart's answers to the Arkansas State Legislative Election 2006 National Political Awareness Test are available, and when asked his legislative priorities in that test he responded:
- 1. Adequate education funding for rural schools and opposition to rural school consolidation solely based on numbers.
- 2. Development of alternative fuels from agriculture and forestry by-products and the jobs that will come with this new energy source.
- 3. Improvement of state employee/teacher retirement and insurance programs.[2]
Sponsored legislation
Stewart's sponsored legislation includes:
- HB 1097 - "AN ACT CONCERNING PLACES WHERE A PERSON IS PROHIBITED FROM CARRYING A CONCEALED HANDGUN."
- HB 1205 - "TO ENHANCE BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD, AND ARMED FORCES RESERVE AND TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH FEDERAL LAW."
- HB 1623 - "PROHIBITING THE RELEASE OF THE IDENTITIES OR OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSEES."
For a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.
Elections
2010
Stewart won re-election to the 23rd District seat in 2010. He faced no opposition.[3]
2008
On November 4, 2008, Stewart won re-election to the 23rd District Seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives, running unopposed in the general election.[4]
Stewart raised $19,650 for his campaign.[5]
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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.[6] Stewart received a score of 49 percent in the 2012 scorecard, ranking 86th out of 97 members of the Arkansas House of Representatives that were evaluated for the study.
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term Randy + Stewart + Arkansas + House
See also
- Arkansas State Legislature
- Arkansas House of Representatives
- Arkansas House Committees
- Arkansas state legislative districts
External links
- Arkansas House of Representatives - Rep. Randy Stewart
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2010, 2008, 2006
Footnotes
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed December 4, 2014
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Issue positions," accessed December 4, 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
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