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| birth_date=February 14, 1969
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| birth_place=Prentiss County<br>[[Mississippi]]
| birth_place=Prentiss County<br>[[Mississippi]]
'''William Tracy Arnold''' (born February 14, 1969) is a non-denominational [[Christian]] pastor in Boonville, [[Mississippi]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 3 in Alcorn and Prentiss counties in the northeastern portion of his state.<ref name=wta>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/arnold.xml|title=William Tracy Arnold|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref> Since 2000, he has pastored the Vineyard Church. From 2003 to 2011, he was the administrator of the Vine Christian Academy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/69854/tracy-arnold#.WdvYVLpFzb0|title=Tracy Arnold's Biogrpahy|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref>
'''William Tracy Arnold''' (born February 14, 1969) is a non-denominational [[Christian]] pastor in Boonville, [[Mississippi]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 3 in Alcorn and Prentiss counties in the northeastern portion of his state.<ref name=wta>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/arnold.xml|title=William Tracy Arnold|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref> Since 2000, he has pastored the Vineyard Church. From 2003 to 2011, he was the administrator of the Vine Christian Academy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/69854/tracy-arnold#.WdvYVLpFzb0|title=Tracy Arnold's Biogrpahy|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref>
Arnold was elected to the state House in 2011 and serves on these House committees: (1) State Library (chairman), (2) Accountability, Efficiency, and Transparency (3) Appropriations, (4) Banking and Financial .<ref name=wta/> He voted to restrict [[abortion]] providers regarding licensing and the detection of fetal heartbeat. He supported the law to ban abortions after twenty weeks of gestation and to permit "wrongful death" lawsuits regarding the loss of the unborn child. In 2017, he voted to authorize additional methods of execution in Mississippi and to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/69854/tracy-arnold#.WdvZVbpFzb0|title=Tracy Arnold's s Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 7, 2017}}</ref>
Arnold was elected to the state House in 2011 by defeating the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Tommy Dexter Cadle, 3,899 (52.7 percent) to 3,496 (47.3 percent). The seat opened when the incumbent Democrat, W. J. "Billy" McCoy did not seek reelection.<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf|title=Mississippi State Election Returns|date=November 8, 2011|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref> In 2007, Arnold was defeated in his own challenge to McCoy.
Arnold serves on these House committees: (1) State Library (chairman), (2) Accountability, Efficiency, and Transparency (3) Appropriations, (4) Banking and Financial .<ref name=wta/> He voted to restrict [[abortion]] providers regarding licensing and the detection of fetal heartbeat. He supported the law to ban abortions after twenty weeks of gestation and to permit "wrongful death" lawsuits regarding the loss of the unborn child. In 2017, he voted to authorize additional methods of execution in Mississippi and to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/69854/tracy-arnold#.WdvZVbpFzb0|title=Tracy Arnold's s Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 7, 2017}}</ref>
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