Colby Fulfer is an American politician who served in the

Arkansas Senate The Arkansas State Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate consists of 35 members, each representing a district with about 83,000 people. Service in the state legislature is part-time, and many state senators have ...

representing the Springdale area from 2022 to 2023.

Education

Fulfer graduated from the

Shiloh Christian School Shiloh Christian School is a private school, private Baptist Christian school in Springdale, Arkansas, United States. History Shiloh Christian School was founded in 1976 as a ministry of the First Baptist Church of Springdale, by Dennis Cottrell ...

Career

Fulfer worked at the Westfield Chapel Funeral Home and serves as chief of staff to Springdale Mayor Doug Sprouse. A Republican, he was narrowly elected to the

in a 2022 special election to replace Lance Eads, who had resigned in 2021. He assumed office on February 22, 2022 and served during the fiscal session of the

93rd Arkansas General Assembly The Ninety-Third Arkansas General Assembly is the legislative body of the state of Arkansas in 2021 and 2022. The Arkansas Senate and Arkansas House of Representatives were both controlled by the Republicans. In the Senate, 28 senators were ...

, as well as a special session called by

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Asa Hutchinson William Asa Hutchinson II (, ''Help:Pronunciation respelling key, AY-sə''; born December 3, 1950) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 46th governor of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Part ...

, and did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by State Representative Clint Penzo.

Electoral history

Fulfer was elected to the Arkansas Senate in the Special Election held in February 2022. In the Republican primary, he received the highest number of votes but because he did not break 50% of the vote went to a runoff election against first-time candidate Steve Unger. In the runoff election, he defeated Unger narrowly 52-48%. In the special general election, he defeated Democrat Lisa Parks by just 32 votes, or 0.8%. Parks vs Fulfer

References

Living people Republican Party Arkansas state senators Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly {{Arkansas-politician-stub