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'''Donnie Ray Copeland''' (born c. 1960) is the pastor of the Apostolic [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] Church in North Little Rock, [[Arkansas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Donnie_Copeland|title=Donnie Copeland|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=April 18, 2016}}</ref> who is a departing one-term [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 38 in [[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski County]].<ref name=house/>
Rather than seeking a second term in the state House, Copeland ran unsuccessfully on March 1, 2016, in the Republican [[primary election]] for the District 34 seat in Arkansas State Senate. He polled 6,365 votes (48.8 percent) against the successful [[incumbent]], Jane English, who received 6,687 votes (51.2 percent).<ref name=ourc/> English faces the Democrat Joe Woodson, also of North Little Rock, in the November 8 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=808385|title=Arkansas State Senate 34|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=April 18, 2016}}</ref>
In 2014, Copeland won the House position with 5,710 votes (51.5 percent), when he unseated the one-term [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Patti Julian, who polled 5,389 votes (48.5 percent).<ref name=ourc>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=236874|title=Copeland, Donnie|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=April 18, 2016}}</ref>
Copeland attended the University of Louisiana at [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], when the institution was known as Northeast Louisiana University. In his legislative term, Copeland served on these committees: (1) City, County and Local Affairs, (2) Judiciary, and (3) Public Retirement and Social Security.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/355/Donnie-Copeland|title=Donnie Copeland|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=April 18, 2016}}</ref>
In 2010, Copeland polled 60,072 votes (48.1 percent) in the Republican primary for Arkansas lieutenant governor, having been defeated by Mark Darr, who received 64,883 votes (51.9 percent). Darr then defeated in the [[general election]] the Democrat Shane Broadway for the seat vacated by another Democrat, Bill Halter.<ref name=ourc/>
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