Harmon "Gene" Jeffress (born October 18, 1948) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of 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 District 25 from 2003 to 2013.

Career

Jeffress earned his bachelor's degree in music education from the University of Arkansas, Monticello, in 1971. He is a former teacher. Jeffres served in the

Arkansas House of Representatives The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House has 100 members elected from an equal number of constituencies across the state. Each distr ...

from 1999 to 2003. He joined the

in 2003. He was ineligible to run for re-election to the State Senate in 2012 due to

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. Jeffress ran in the

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for the

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, representing

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. He and

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defeated D. C. Morrison in the May 22 Democratic primary and advanced to the June 12 primary runoff election. Jeffress defeated Hurst in the runoff and faced Republican

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in the general election on November 6, 2012, losing the race to Cotton.

Personal

Jeffress and his ex-wife, Cynthia, have three children. They reside in

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. His brother,

Jimmy Jeffress Jimmy Jeffress is a retired school teacher and former politician in Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives and Arkansas Senate The Arkansas State Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate cons ...

, was also a member of the Arkansas Senate.

References

External links

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Official Campaign Facebook Page

Official Arkansas State Senate website of Senator Gene Jeffress

Project Vote Smart legislative profile

Project Vote Smart biography of Senator Gene Jeffress
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