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| − | Lundstrum has been active in many Republican campaigns in northwestern Arkansas, including those for [[George W. Bush]] for [[U.S. President]] in 2000 and 2004, Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (1948-2006)]], the son of the late [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], for lieutenant governor in 2002, and the late [[Fay Boozman]] and his brother, [[John Boozman]], for the [[United States Senate]] elections of 1998 and 2010, respectively. She is former vice president of the Washington County Republican Women and a second vice-chairman of the state Republican Party. She is a member of [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s [[cconservative]] [[Eagle Forum]].<ref name=pvs/> | + | Lundstrum has been active in many Republican campaigns in northwestern Arkansas, including those for [[George W. Bush]] for [[U.S. President]] in 2000 and 2004, Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (1948-2006), the son of the late [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], for lieutenant governor in 2002, and the late [[Fay Boozman]] and his brother, [[John Boozman]], for the [[United States Senate]] elections of 1998 and 2010, respectively. She is former vice president of the Washington County Republican Women and a second vice-chairman of the state Republican Party. She is a member of [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s [[cconservative]] [[Eagle Forum]].<ref name=pvs/> |
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| | A former member of the city council in Elm Springs,<ref name=pvs/> Lundstrum in 2014 sought the District 87 seat in the Arkansas House vacated by the term-limited Republican Jonathan Barnett. | | A former member of the city council in Elm Springs,<ref name=pvs/> Lundstrum in 2014 sought the District 87 seat in the Arkansas House vacated by the term-limited Republican Jonathan Barnett. |
| − | In the May 20 [[primary]] election, she defeated Lucas Spencer Roebuck (born c. 1964) of Siloam Springs, an employee of John Brown University, by 412 votes in a low-turnout race, 1,588 (57.5 percent) to 1,176 (42.5 percent), to gain the Republican nomination. She was then unopposed in the November 4 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014|title=District 87|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=September 3, 2020}}</ref> | + | In the May 20 [[primary]] election, she defeated Lucas Spencer Roebuck (born c. 1964) of Siloam Springs, a John Brown University employee, by 412 votes in a low-turnout race, 1,588 (57.5 percent) to 1,176 (42.5 percent), to gain the Republican nomination. She was then unopposed in the November 4 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014|title=District 87|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=September 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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| | Representative Lundstrum is assigned to the House committees on: (1) Energy (joint), (2) Insurance and Commerce, and (3) Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.<ref name=rhl/>In February 2015, Lundstrum joined dozens of her fellow Republicans and two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] in co-sponsoring legislation submitted by Representative Lane Jean of Magnolia in Columbia County, to reduce unemployment compensation benefits. The measure was promptly signed into law by current Republican [[Governor]] [[Asa Hutchinson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/bill/19578/51495/129425/reduces-unemployment-benefits#.VR3Zr_l4rGY|title=HB 1489 - Reduces Unemployment Benefits - Key Vote|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=September 3, 2020}}</ref> | | Representative Lundstrum is assigned to the House committees on: (1) Energy (joint), (2) Insurance and Commerce, and (3) Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.<ref name=rhl/>In February 2015, Lundstrum joined dozens of her fellow Republicans and two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] in co-sponsoring legislation submitted by Representative Lane Jean of Magnolia in Columbia County, to reduce unemployment compensation benefits. The measure was promptly signed into law by current Republican [[Governor]] [[Asa Hutchinson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/bill/19578/51495/129425/reduces-unemployment-benefits#.VR3Zr_l4rGY|title=HB 1489 - Reduces Unemployment Benefits - Key Vote|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=September 3, 2020}}</ref> |