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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Dan Paul Eubanks
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 25 (DeSoto County)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=W. E. "Gene" Alday
| succeeded=
| birth_date=June 11, 1970
| birth_place=Hicksville<br>Defiance County<br>[[Ohio]]
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Corey Moore-Luckhardt Eubanks (married 1998)
| children=One son
| alma_mater=Northwest Mississippi Community College<br>
[[University of Arkansas]]<br>
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary
| occupation=Youth and young adult pastor, [[business]]man
| religion=[[Presbyterian]]
| residence=Walls, DeSoto County
}}
'''Dan Paul Eubanks''' (born June 11, 1970) is a [[Presbyterian]] [[clergy]]man who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 25 in DeSoto County in northwestern [[Mississippi]].<ref name=dpe>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156347/dan-eubanks#.Wd1bn7pFzb0|title=Dan Eubanks' Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/eubanks.xml|title=Dan Eubanks|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
The son of John and Ruth Eubanks, he was born in the village of Hicksville in Defiance County in northwestern [[Ohio]]. he graduated from Northeast High School in North Little Rock, [[Arkansas]]. He studied commercial photography from 1989 to 1990 at Kilgore College in Kilgore, [[Texas]]. From 1990 to 1991, he attended Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia in Tate County. In 1994, he obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville. He took an [[Old Testament]] course in 2007-2008 at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Cordova, [[Tennessee]]. He took specialized courses in Graz, [[Austria]], and [[Guadalajara]], [[Mexico]].<ref name=dpe/>
Until his election to the legislature, Eubanks was youth and young adults pastor at the Advent Presbyterian Church in Cordova, Tennessee. He is now the director of Recreation, Outreach and Local Missions. but resides in Walls in DeSoto County with his wife, the former Corey Moore-Luckhardt, and their son.<ref>{{cite web|url-http://www.eubanks4mississippi.com/meet-dan|title=Dan Eubanks|publisher=Eubanks4mississippi.com|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
In 2015, Eubanks won a highly contested Republican primary race against the incumbent legislator W. E. "Gene" Alday, who carried the support of the DeSoto County political organization run by Milton Kuykendall, who stepped down later in 2015 as the public school superintendent. Eubanks then defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Harold D. Harris in the November 3 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://americanmajority.org/blog-2/dan-eubanks/|title=Dan Eubanks Wins Mississipi State Rep. Primary: 'Huge Earthquake'|publisher=Americanmajority.org|date=October 23, 2015|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
Eubanks serves on these House committees: (1) Performance Based Budgeting (vice chairman), (2) Agriculture, (3) Banking and Financial Services, (4) Energy, (5) Constitution, and (6) Insurance.<ref name=billstatus/>In 2016, Representative Eubanks co-sponsored the bill to prohibit dismemberment [[abortion]]s in Mississippi. He voted to grant civil and criminal immunity to those reporting what they believe are instances of [[terrorism]]. He co-sponsored legislation to permit churches to have designated personnel with firearms. He voted to guarantee protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, Eubanks co-sponsored the measures 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/156347/dan-eubanks#.Wd1r-LpFzb0
|title=Dan Eubanks' Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
Eubanks' older brother, James David Eubanks, ran unsuccessfully in 2015 for the District 1 seat in the Mississippi State Senate. He was defeated in the primary by the incumbent Republican Chris Massey, a home builder from Nesbit in DeSoto County.
==See also==
Other Mississippi Republican state House members:
*[[William Tracy Arnold]]
*[[Dana Criswell]]
*[[Steve Hopkins]]
*[[Trey Lamar]]
*[[Shane Aguirre]]
*[[Jeff Hale]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eubanks, Dan}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Ohio]]
[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:Presbyterians]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Dan Paul Eubanks
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 25 (DeSoto County)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=W. E. "Gene" Alday
| succeeded=
| birth_date=June 11, 1970
| birth_place=Hicksville<br>Defiance County<br>[[Ohio]]
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Corey Moore-Luckhardt Eubanks (married 1998)
| children=One son
| alma_mater=Northwest Mississippi Community College<br>
[[University of Arkansas]]<br>
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary
| occupation=Youth and young adult pastor, [[business]]man
| religion=[[Presbyterian]]
| residence=Walls, DeSoto County
}}
'''Dan Paul Eubanks''' (born June 11, 1970) is a [[Presbyterian]] [[clergy]]man who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 25 in DeSoto County in northwestern [[Mississippi]].<ref name=dpe>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156347/dan-eubanks#.Wd1bn7pFzb0|title=Dan Eubanks' Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/eubanks.xml|title=Dan Eubanks|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
The son of John and Ruth Eubanks, he was born in the village of Hicksville in Defiance County in northwestern [[Ohio]]. he graduated from Northeast High School in North Little Rock, [[Arkansas]]. He studied commercial photography from 1989 to 1990 at Kilgore College in Kilgore, [[Texas]]. From 1990 to 1991, he attended Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia in Tate County. In 1994, he obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville. He took an [[Old Testament]] course in 2007-2008 at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Cordova, [[Tennessee]]. He took specialized courses in Graz, [[Austria]], and [[Guadalajara]], [[Mexico]].<ref name=dpe/>
Until his election to the legislature, Eubanks was youth and young adults pastor at the Advent Presbyterian Church in Cordova, Tennessee. He is now the director of Recreation, Outreach and Local Missions. but resides in Walls in DeSoto County with his wife, the former Corey Moore-Luckhardt, and their son.<ref>{{cite web|url-http://www.eubanks4mississippi.com/meet-dan|title=Dan Eubanks|publisher=Eubanks4mississippi.com|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
In 2015, Eubanks won a highly contested Republican primary race against the incumbent legislator W. E. "Gene" Alday, who carried the support of the DeSoto County political organization run by Milton Kuykendall, who stepped down later in 2015 as the public school superintendent. Eubanks then defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Harold D. Harris in the November 3 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://americanmajority.org/blog-2/dan-eubanks/|title=Dan Eubanks Wins Mississipi State Rep. Primary: 'Huge Earthquake'|publisher=Americanmajority.org|date=October 23, 2015|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
Eubanks serves on these House committees: (1) Performance Based Budgeting (vice chairman), (2) Agriculture, (3) Banking and Financial Services, (4) Energy, (5) Constitution, and (6) Insurance.<ref name=billstatus/>In 2016, Representative Eubanks co-sponsored the bill to prohibit dismemberment [[abortion]]s in Mississippi. He voted to grant civil and criminal immunity to those reporting what they believe are instances of [[terrorism]]. He co-sponsored legislation to permit churches to have designated personnel with firearms. He voted to guarantee protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, Eubanks co-sponsored the measures 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/156347/dan-eubanks#.Wd1r-LpFzb0
|title=Dan Eubanks' Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
Eubanks' older brother, James David Eubanks, ran unsuccessfully in 2015 for the District 1 seat in the Mississippi State Senate. He was defeated in the primary by the incumbent Republican Chris Massey, a home builder from Nesbit in DeSoto County.
==See also==
Other Mississippi Republican state House members:
*[[William Tracy Arnold]]
*[[Dana Criswell]]
*[[Steve Hopkins]]
*[[Trey Lamar]]
*[[Shane Aguirre]]
*[[Jeff Hale]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eubanks, Dan}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Ohio]]
[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:Presbyterians]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]