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Candidates' Biographical Information |
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for:
State Representative District 62, Arkansas |
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November 4, 2008 Arkansas General Election |
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Candidates' Positions and Views on Other Issues where Information is Available: |
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The report below lists the candidate responses to Biographical Information issue questions. The responses were provided by Bill Walters and Terry Rice or were obtained from their websites. The candidates select the issues and questions for which they want to provide a response. The first link is a report of all the issues and questions made available to the candidates. Many issues and questions had no responses - links are only provided where we have information. If there are many candidates for this office, you may have to scroll down to compare all responses. |
| Biographical |
Bill Walters - D
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Terry Rice - R
Website
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| General: (goals, objectives, views, philosophies) |
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| Personal: (gender, age, marital status, spouse, children, residence) |
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Shirley
3 Children: Jamie, Sherry, Sandra.
Birth Date: 04/17/1943
Birthplace: Paris, AR
Home City: Greenwood, AR |
He and his wife, JoAnn, have two grown sons. |
| Education: (schools, colleges, major, degrees) |
JD, University of Arkansas
BA, University of Arkansas. |
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| Profession: (profession,work experience outside politics) |
Assistant to Dean
Attorney |
Rep. Rice owns Rice Furniture and Appliance, Inc., in Waldron. |
| Military: (branch, service, active duty, rank, honors, discharge) |
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| Civic: (organizations, charities) |
American Bar Association
Arkansas Bar Association
Arkansas Cattleman's Association
Chamber of Commerce
Civil Air Patrol
South Sebastian County Bar Association
Farm Bureau
Greenwood Lions Club
National Rifleman's Association
Peace Officers Association. |
President, Arkansas Home Furnishings Association
Southeast Region Board, Associated Volume Buyers/Brand Source
Member, Bates Baptist Church
Past President, State Line Volunteer Fire Department. |
| Political: (offices held) |
Candidate, Arkansas House of Representatives, District 62, 2008
Senator, Arizona State Senate, 1982-2000
Greenwood City Attorney
Justice of the Peace
Municipal Judge
Pulaski County Quorm Court, District 7. |
Rep Rice serves on the Public Transportation committee. He is also associated with the Insurance And Commerce as well as the Arkansas Legislative Council committees where he is Co-Vice Chairperson.
For the 88th General Assembly, Rep. Rice served on the House Insurance and Commerce Committee, where he chaired the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions. He served as vice-chair of the Arkansas Legislative Council, and its Executive Subcommittee. He is also vice-chaired the Arkansas Legislative Council Subcommittee on Penal and Correctional Institutions. In addition, Rep. Rice served on the House Rules Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, the House Insurance and Commerce Committee, Legislative Joint Auditing, and the Governor's Emergency Fund Review Committee. |
| Religion: (religious affiliations and beliefs) |
Catholic |
Baptist. |
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