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Tim Summers
Tim Summers is a former Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing District 99 from 2009 to 2013.
Biography
Summers' professional experience includes working as the Director of Decision Point and Finance Chair for the Bentonville City Council and in the Benton County Quorum Court.
Summers was the President of the Bentonville-Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce of the Bentonville Kiwanis of the Farm Bureau and President of the Thomas Jefferson Parent-Teacher Association.[1]
Committee assignments
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Summers served on these committees:
- Subcommittee on Children and Youth
- Subcommittee on Special Language
- Subcommittee on Early Childhood
- Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, Arkansas Assembly, Chair
- Public Retirement and Social Security Programs Committee, Arkansas Assembly
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Summers served on these committees:
- Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Committee, Arkansas House
- Education Committee, Arkansas House
- Public Retirement and Social Security Programs Committee, Arkansas Assembly
- Subcommittee on Aging
- Subcommittee on Early Childhood (Vice Chair)
Issues
Sponsored legislation
Summers' sponsored legislation includes:
- HB 1379 - "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSURE OF ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE COUNSELORS AND THE REGISTRATION OF CLINICAL ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE COUNSELOR SUPERVISORS."
- HB 1693 - "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM GRANT GENERAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION."
- HB 2270 - "AN ACT TO AMEND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT LAW."
For a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.
Elections
2012
- See also: Arkansas State Senate elections, 2012
Summers ran in the 2012 election for Arkansas Senate, District 1. Summers was defeated by Bart Hester in the May 22 Republican primary.[2][3][4]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
 Bart Hester |
53.8% | 4,506 |
| Tim Summers | 46.2% | 3,869 |
| Total Votes | 8,375 | |
2010
Summers won re-election to the 99th District seat in 2010. He faced no opposition.[5]
2008
On November 4, 2008, Summers won election to the 99th District Seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives, running unopposed in the general election.[6]
Summers raised $31,795 for his campaign.[7]
Campaign themes
2012
Summers' campaign website listed the following issues:[8]
- Jobs
- Excerpt: "There is no greater issue than putting people back to work and growing our economy in Northwest Arkansas."
- Pro-Life
- Excerpt: "I believe that all life is precious and should be protected."
- Pro 2nd Amendment
- Excerpt: "I support the right for individuals to keep and bear arms."
- Conservative
- Excerpt: "I have always put conservative values first whether on the Bentonville City Council, as Finance Chairman of the Benton County Quorom Court, or as your State Representative."
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.[9] Summers received a score of 69 percent in the 2012 scorecard, ranking 45th out of 97 members of the Arkansas House of Representatives that were evaluated for the study.
Personal
Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.
Summers and his wife, Peggy, have one child and two grandchildren.
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term Tim + Summers + Arkansas + House
See also
- Arkansas State Legislature
- Arkansas House of Representatives
- Arkansas House Committees
- Arkansas state legislative districts
External links
- Campaign website
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2010, 2008
- Facebook page
Footnotes
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed December 8, 2014
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "2012 Election candidates," March 8, 2012
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed December 20, 2013
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Arkansas State Primary Election, May 22, 2012, ," accessed July 11, 2012
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Campaign website, The Issues
- ↑ Advance Arkansas Institute, "Arkansas’s Freedom Scorecard 2012," accessed January 14, 2014
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Arkansas House District 99 2009–2013 |
Succeeded by Kelley Linck (R) |
