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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=September 18, 2020}}</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''|date=September 18, 2009|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>
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>
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/>
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/>