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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=David Lawdon Branscum
| image=David Branscum of AR.jpg
Jump to: navigation, search
| birth_date=December 2, 1958
| birth_place=Marshall, Searcy County<br>[[Arkansas]], USA
| residence=Marshall, Arkansas
| office=Arkansas State Representative for District 90
| term_start=2011
| term_end=2013
| preceded=Roy Ragland
| succeeded=Skip Carnine
| office2=Arkansas State Representative for District 83
| term_start2=2013
| term_end2=
| preceded2=Leslee Milam Post
| succeeded2=
| party=[[Republican Party)|Republican]]
| alma_mater=[[University of Arkansas]]
| occupation=[[Business]]man: Lumber and Cattle
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| spouse=Judith Ann Branscum (married 1982)
| children=Five sons}}
'''David Lawdon Branscum''' (born December 2, 1958)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/david-branscum/e70397018172|title=David Branscum (Marshall, Arkansas)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 18, 2020}}</ref> is a [[lumber]] and [[cattle]] [[business]]man in his native Marshall in Searcy County in northwestern [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. His reconfigured District 83, which he has represented since 2013, includes parts of Searcy, Newton, Pope, and White counties. From 2011 to 2013, he represented District 90, now held by the Republican Skip Carnine of Rogers in Benton County.<ref name=branscumofmarshall>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/259/david-l-branscum|title=David Branscum, R-83|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=January 6, 2014}}</ref>
==Background==
Branscum graduated in 1977 from Marshall High School<ref name=branscumtorun/> and thereafter procured bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics in 1982 from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville.<ref name=branscumofmarshall/><ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/119189/david-branscum#.UsskA5V3sfR|title=David Branscum's Biography|publisher=vProject Vote Smart|accessdate=September 18, 2020}}</ref>
He is the president of Branscum and Harness Lumber, Inc. a hardwood sawmill company located in Marshall, and he owns and operates Branscum Farms, a commercial cattle farm.<ref name=branscumtorun/>
Branscum and his wife, Judith Ann Branscum (also born 1958), have five sons. They are members of the First Baptist Church of Marshall, a [[Southern Baptist]] congregation.<ref name=branscumtorun/>
==Political life==
From 1997 to 2010, Branscum served on the Searcy County School Board, including three terms as the president.<ref name=branscumtorun>{{cite web|url=http://www.thearkansasproject.com/david-branscum-to-run-for-district-90-house-seat/|title=David Branscum to Run for District 90 House Seat|publisher=''The Arkansas Project''|accessdate=January 6, 2014}}</ref>
In 2010, Branscum won the District 90 House seat vacated by the term-limited Republican Roy Ragland. He defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Mark Hamilton Swaney (born 1953) of Huntsville in Madison County, 7,253 (75.2 percent) to 2,394 (24.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2010|title=District 90|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=September 16, 2020}}</ref>
In 2012, Branscum was switched to reconfigured District 83 for his second legislative term, and he ran without opposition. The incumbent Democrat, Leslee Jane Milam Post (born 1973) of [Ozark in Franklin County, was moved to the reconfigured District 82, but she was unseated by the Republican educator Bill Gossage, also of Ozark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 83|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=September 18, 2020}}</ref>
Representative Branscum is the chairman of the House Energy Committee and serves on these panels: (1) Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, (2) Arkansas Legislative Council, and (3) Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development.<ref name=branscumofmarshall/><ref name=votesmart/>
In 2013, Representative Branscum co-sponsored the amending of state income tax rates and supported the proposed spending cap on the state budget, but the latter measure failed by a two-vote margin in the state House. He joined the majority to override the [[veto]]es of then Democratic [[Governor]] [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation to require photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of gestation. He was a co-sponsor of both of those measures. Branscum supported related [[pro-life]] legislation to outlaw abortion whenever fetal heartbeat is detected, to forbid the inclusion of abortion in the state insurance exchange, and to make the death of an unborn child a [[felony]] in certain cases.<ref name=votingrecords/>
On [[Second Amendment]] issues, Branscum co-sponsored allowing officials of religious institutions to engage in the concealed carry of firearms. He voted to give the same power to university officials in the name of campus safety. He did not vote on a measure to reduce the application fee for obtaining a concealed carry permit, but the proposal was defeated in the House. Branscum co-sponsored the measure which prohibits the governor from regulating firearms during an emergency. He voted to prohibit the closing of schools based on a two-year pupil enrollment analysis and to establish a tiered system of [[lottery]] scholarships. Branscum voted to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas nonpartisan, which passed the House, sixty-three to twenty-four. He co-sponsored the bill to establish a tiered system of [[lottery]] scholarships. Branscum voted for the bill, signed by Governor Beebe, to permit the sale of up to five hundred gallons per month of [[pasteurization|unpasteurized]] whole milk directly from the farm to consumers.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/119189/david-branscum#.UssySZV3sfQ|title=David Branscum's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=January 6, 2014}}</ref>
In 2011, Branscum voted to set state standards for biblical instruction in public schools, to authorize dress codes, and to prohibit the use of [[cell phone]]s within school zones. He voted to require that driver's license tests be administered only in the [[English language]]. He co-sponsored the Capital Gains Reduction Act and the reduction of taxes on manufacturers' utilities. Branscum voted against the U.S. congressional [[redistricting]] act, which passed the House, sixty-one to twenty.<ref name=votingrecords/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Ranchers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
[[Category:Pro-Life]]
| name=David Lawdon Branscum
| image=David Branscum of AR.jpg
Jump to: navigation, search
| birth_date=December 2, 1958
| birth_place=Marshall, Searcy County<br>[[Arkansas]], USA
| residence=Marshall, Arkansas
| office=Arkansas State Representative for District 90
| term_start=2011
| term_end=2013
| preceded=Roy Ragland
| succeeded=Skip Carnine
| office2=Arkansas State Representative for District 83
| term_start2=2013
| term_end2=
| preceded2=Leslee Milam Post
| succeeded2=
| party=[[Republican Party)|Republican]]
| alma_mater=[[University of Arkansas]]
| occupation=[[Business]]man: Lumber and Cattle
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| spouse=Judith Ann Branscum (married 1982)
| children=Five sons}}
'''David Lawdon Branscum''' (born December 2, 1958)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/david-branscum/e70397018172|title=David Branscum (Marshall, Arkansas)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 18, 2020}}</ref> is a [[lumber]] and [[cattle]] [[business]]man in his native Marshall in Searcy County in northwestern [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. His reconfigured District 83, which he has represented since 2013, includes parts of Searcy, Newton, Pope, and White counties. From 2011 to 2013, he represented District 90, now held by the Republican Skip Carnine of Rogers in Benton County.<ref name=branscumofmarshall>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/259/david-l-branscum|title=David Branscum, R-83|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=January 6, 2014}}</ref>
==Background==
Branscum graduated in 1977 from Marshall High School<ref name=branscumtorun/> and thereafter procured bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics in 1982 from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville.<ref name=branscumofmarshall/><ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/119189/david-branscum#.UsskA5V3sfR|title=David Branscum's Biography|publisher=vProject Vote Smart|accessdate=September 18, 2020}}</ref>
He is the president of Branscum and Harness Lumber, Inc. a hardwood sawmill company located in Marshall, and he owns and operates Branscum Farms, a commercial cattle farm.<ref name=branscumtorun/>
Branscum and his wife, Judith Ann Branscum (also born 1958), have five sons. They are members of the First Baptist Church of Marshall, a [[Southern Baptist]] congregation.<ref name=branscumtorun/>
==Political life==
From 1997 to 2010, Branscum served on the Searcy County School Board, including three terms as the president.<ref name=branscumtorun>{{cite web|url=http://www.thearkansasproject.com/david-branscum-to-run-for-district-90-house-seat/|title=David Branscum to Run for District 90 House Seat|publisher=''The Arkansas Project''|accessdate=January 6, 2014}}</ref>
In 2010, Branscum won the District 90 House seat vacated by the term-limited Republican Roy Ragland. He defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Mark Hamilton Swaney (born 1953) of Huntsville in Madison County, 7,253 (75.2 percent) to 2,394 (24.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2010|title=District 90|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=September 16, 2020}}</ref>
In 2012, Branscum was switched to reconfigured District 83 for his second legislative term, and he ran without opposition. The incumbent Democrat, Leslee Jane Milam Post (born 1973) of [Ozark in Franklin County, was moved to the reconfigured District 82, but she was unseated by the Republican educator Bill Gossage, also of Ozark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 83|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=September 18, 2020}}</ref>
Representative Branscum is the chairman of the House Energy Committee and serves on these panels: (1) Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, (2) Arkansas Legislative Council, and (3) Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development.<ref name=branscumofmarshall/><ref name=votesmart/>
In 2013, Representative Branscum co-sponsored the amending of state income tax rates and supported the proposed spending cap on the state budget, but the latter measure failed by a two-vote margin in the state House. He joined the majority to override the [[veto]]es of then Democratic [[Governor]] [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation to require photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of gestation. He was a co-sponsor of both of those measures. Branscum supported related [[pro-life]] legislation to outlaw abortion whenever fetal heartbeat is detected, to forbid the inclusion of abortion in the state insurance exchange, and to make the death of an unborn child a [[felony]] in certain cases.<ref name=votingrecords/>
On [[Second Amendment]] issues, Branscum co-sponsored allowing officials of religious institutions to engage in the concealed carry of firearms. He voted to give the same power to university officials in the name of campus safety. He did not vote on a measure to reduce the application fee for obtaining a concealed carry permit, but the proposal was defeated in the House. Branscum co-sponsored the measure which prohibits the governor from regulating firearms during an emergency. He voted to prohibit the closing of schools based on a two-year pupil enrollment analysis and to establish a tiered system of [[lottery]] scholarships. Branscum voted to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas nonpartisan, which passed the House, sixty-three to twenty-four. He co-sponsored the bill to establish a tiered system of [[lottery]] scholarships. Branscum voted for the bill, signed by Governor Beebe, to permit the sale of up to five hundred gallons per month of [[pasteurization|unpasteurized]] whole milk directly from the farm to consumers.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/119189/david-branscum#.UssySZV3sfQ|title=David Branscum's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=January 6, 2014}}</ref>
In 2011, Branscum voted to set state standards for biblical instruction in public schools, to authorize dress codes, and to prohibit the use of [[cell phone]]s within school zones. He voted to require that driver's license tests be administered only in the [[English language]]. He co-sponsored the Capital Gains Reduction Act and the reduction of taxes on manufacturers' utilities. Branscum voted against the U.S. congressional [[redistricting]] act, which passed the House, sixty-one to twenty.<ref name=votingrecords/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Branscum, David}}
[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Ranchers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
[[Category:Pro-Life]]