James Paul Hendren was born on August 12,1963 and is an American politician who served as a member of the Arkansas Senate from the 2nd district.
12 Facts About Jim Hendren
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Jim Hendren was elected to the Gravette School Board in 1992.
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In 1994, Jim Hendren defeated Representative Railey Steele in a race for the Arkansas House of Representatives.
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In 2001, Jim Hendren ran unsuccessfully to succeed his uncles, Asa Hutchinson and Tim Hutchinson, representing Arkansas's 3rd congressional district in a special election campaign that was hampered by reports of an extramarital affair.
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In 2003, Jim Hendren returned to military service and joined the Missouri Air National Guard, of which he holds the rank of lieutenant colonel.
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In 2012, Jim Hendren ran unopposed for the state Senate; his initial four-year term expired on December 31,2016.
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Re-elected in the 2016 election, Jim Hendren served on the Education Facilities Oversight Committee and the Arkansas Legislative Council.
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Jim Hendren passed legislation exempting all active duty and National Guard personnel from state income tax in 2013.
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Jim Hendren was appointed chairman of a Joint Task Force charged with reforming public school and Arkansas State Employee Insurance programs.
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In January 2021, Jim Hendren stepped down as the state's Senate Majority Leader.
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Injuries to the workers at Jim Hendren Plastics were commonplace with seriously injured workers being kicked out of the program and sent to prison, this created an incentive to massively underreport workplace injuries.
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Jim Hendren's father, Kim Hendren, is a former member of the Arkansas Senate and in a second stint in office a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2015 to 2017.