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==Political life==

==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>

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=September 18, 2020}}</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 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>