Laurie Jeanette Rushing (born September 10, 1968) is a

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from

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, who is a Republican member of the

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for District 26, which includes

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and

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. In the 2014

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, Rushing unseated the Democratic incumbent David Kizzia, 4,369 (51.4 percent) to 4,126 (48.6 percent). She serves on the House committees of (1) Judiciary Committee, (2), Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs, (3) Select committee for Rules, and (4) the Legislative Joint Auditing. Rushing is heavily involved in various activities of the

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. She is a member of the

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. She graduated from

Fountain Lake High School Fountain Lake High School is a high school in unincorporated Garland County, Arkansas, with a Hot Springs postal address. It is the only high school in the Fountain Lake School District, which also includes a middle school and elementary schoo ...

in Hot Springs. Rushing graduated John Brown University with a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership. She has a son, Kevin Rushing of Centerton, Arkansas. She is also the mother of the late Tara Rushing Watts, and has 3 grandchildren. She formerly lived in

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. In 2002, Rushing and her mother, Lorna Jean Nobles, opened Trademark Real Estate in Hot Springs. Laurie married Kenneth Henderson in March 2023. They own and operate Trademark HSV Real Estate.

References

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