Jon Michael Hubbard (born December 12, 1946) is a Republican former member of the

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for District 75 in Jonesboro in

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in eastern

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Early life

Hubbard was raised in

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and graduated from

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in 1964. He attended Arkansas State Teachers College (now University of Central Arkansas) in

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, Arkansas and served in the

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for two years. He received his bachelor degree from

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in 1968.

Career

Hubbard defeated

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, a

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, in the

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. In 2009, Hubbard published a book titled ''Letters to the Editor: Confessions of a Frustrated Conservative,'' in which he said "the institution of

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that the black race has long believed to be an abomination upon its people may actually have been a blessing in disguise," that black people don't "appreciate the value of a good education", and that in the future

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, both legal and illegal, must lead to "planned wars or extermination" which would be "as necessary as eating and breathing". In 2012, Hubbard won the Republican primary in District 58, rather than District 75. However, he was defeated in the general election by Democrat Harold Copenhaver.

Personal life

Hubbard was a coach at Forest Heights Junior High School in Little Rock, Arkansas for two years and Greenbrier High School in Tennessee for two years. Afterwards, he started in the insurance business in 1974 at American Fidelity Insurance Company and then

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. From 1991 to 1995, he was a teacher and coach at Walnut Ridge High School in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. He then worked as owner/agent of Arkansas First Stop Insurance, Inc., from 1995 to 2006. Since 2006, he has been a marketing representative for Equity Insurance Company. He worked as an insurance agent until 1991. Hubbard survived a

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in 2011.

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