Contact Information: Arkansas Senate
Room 320
State Capitol
Little Rock, AR
72201
In Session Phone: 501-682-2902 Out of Session Phone: 501-682-6107
About the Arkansas Senate
The Arkansas General Assembly convenes on the second Monday of every other year. A session lasts for 60 days unless the legislature votes to extend it. The governor can issue a "call" for a special session during the interims between regular sessions.
The major issues are funding of public schools, institutions of higher education, highway and bridge construction, health and human services, state prisons, the State Police and state parks. The state Senate in Little Rock has 35 members, each representing a district with about 76,383 people.
The state Senate should not be confused with the U.S. Senate in Washington. Arkansas has two U.S. Senators who represent the entire state, and their offices work on different issues. The U.S. Senate is where to call if you have a question about veterans affairs, Social Security, passports, farm subsidies and foreign affairs. The telephone numbers of the U.S. Senate offices in Little Rock are 375-2993 and 324-6336.
Service in the state legislature is part-time, and most state senators have full-time jobs during the rest of the year. The 35-member Arkansas Senate has eight Republicans and 27 Democrats. There are six women and four African-Americans.
Three senators are attorneys. One is a pastor and one directs a religious foundation.
Four senators are in the insurance business. One senator has a funeral home and one senator a nursing home. One has a recycling company. One senator is a bank president. One senator is a rancher, two are farmers and another senator is in agriculture-related business.
Two senators are retired teachers. One owns an automobile dealership and also has real estate interests. One senator is a building contractor and one is an engineer. One senator owns a radio station and one senator owns a pharmacy. One runs a telephone company and one is retired from a telephone company. Of the 35 senators, 29 have served previously in the state House of Representatives.
Staff
Bruce Cambell | Intergovernmental Affairs Advisor | eMail Angie Clingmon| Fiscal Officer | eMail Steve Cook | Chief Counsel | eMail Ann Cornwell| Secretary of the Senate/Co-ordinator of Legislative Services | eMail
Barrett Dudley | Constituent Advisor | eMail Leigh Ann Golden | Constituent Advisor Mary Jacks| Administrative Assistant | eMail Sabrina Lewellen| Constituent Services Manager/Research/Special Projects | eMail William Parks | Properties Officer John Reed | Information Officer | eMail Lesley Rogers | Constituent Advisor | eMail Tammy Young | Administration Assistant-Constituent Office |eMail
