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Preceded by
  
James Ratliff

Nationality
  
American

Succeeded by
  
Scott Baltz

Role
  
American Politician


Preceded by
  
Nathan George

Name
  
John Catlett

Succeeded by
  
Mary Bentley

Political party
  
Democratic

Party
  
Democratic Party

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Residence
  
Rover, Arkansas, United States

Education
  
Arkansas Tech University

John Wayne Catlett is an American politician and a Democratic former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 73 from 2013 to 2015. Catlett also served from January 2011 until January 14, 2013 in the District 61 seat.

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He was defeated for reelection in the November 4, 2014 general election by the Republican Mary Bentley of Perryville.

Education

Catlett earned his bachelor's degree in history and political science from Arkansas Tech University.

Elections

  • 2012 Redistricted to District 73, and with Representative James Ratliff redistricted to District 60, Catlett was unopposed for the May 22, 2012 Democratic Primary and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 4,088 votes (52.2%) against Republican nominee Mary Bentley, the owner with her husband of a plastics company in Perryville. Bentley turned the tables on Catlett in 2014 and unseated him by just one percentage point less than Catlett had defeated her in 2012.
  • 2010 When District 61 Representative Nathan George left the legislature, Catlett won the May 18, 2010 Democratic Primary with 2,118 votes (57 percent), and won the November 2, 2010 General election by 34 votes with 3,278 votes (50.2%) against Republican nominee Kelly Boyd.

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