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Senator Clarke Tucker

Arkansas State Senate

Senator Clarke Tucker was elected to the Arkansas Senate in November 2020. Prior to that, he served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019. He is vice-chair of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and is a member of the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs. During his tenure in the House, he worked across the aisle to strengthen families and create educational opportunities for children. His legislative agenda included bills to protect workers and senior citizens and included several bills to enhance penalties for offenses against women and children. In the 91st General Assembly, he was the lead House sponsor of ethics legislation that broadened the definition of criminal offenses concerning abuses of public office. Tucker earned a BA in government from Harvard University and a JD from the University of Arkansas School of Law.

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