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Stephanie Flowers

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Preceded by
  
Gene Jeffress

Succeeded by
  
Hank Wilkins

Party
  
Democratic Party

Preceded by
  
Calvin Johnson

Role
  
Attorney

Succeeded by
  
Bryan King

Name
  
Stephanie Flowers

Preceded by
  
Hank Wilkins

Nationality
  
American


Education
  
Philander Smith College, Thurgood Marshall School of Law

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Stephanie Anne Flowers (born c. 1953 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas) is an African-American attorney and Democratic politician, serving since 2011 in the Arkansas State Senate. Flowers started in politics when elected in 2004 to the District 17 seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives.

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Flowers graduated from Philander Smith College in Little Rock and the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, then known as Texas Southern University School of Law, in Houston, Texas. She became active in politics after returning to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where she joined the Democratic Party and established a private law practice.

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Elections

  • 2004 Initially in State House District 17; Flowers won the 2004 Democratic primary and ran unopposed for the November 2, 2004 general election.
  • 2006 Flowers was unopposed for both the 2006 Democratic primary and the November 7 general election.
  • 2008 Flowers was unopposed for both the May 20, 2008 primary and the November 4 general election.
  • 2010 With District 5 Senator Hank Wilkins running for the House District 17 seat, Flowers ran for the open District 5 State Senate seat, won the May 18, 2010 Democratic primary with 4,798 votes (56.2 percent) and was unopposed for the November 2, 2010 general election.
  • 2012 Redistricted to District 25. Following the retirement of state Senator Percy Malone, Flowers won the May 22, 2012 Democratic primary with 4,718 votes (58.5 percent) against fellow state Representative Efrem Elliott. She swept the November 6, 2012 general election with 19,955 votes (82.8 percent) against Libertarian candidate David Dinwiddie.

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