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==Political life==
==Political life==
From 1998 to 2001, English was the executive director of the Fort Chaffee Public Trust. She was executive director of the Arkansas Manufacturers Association. From 2001 to 2004, she was executive director of the Arkansas Workforce Investment Board, a Cabinet position under Republican [[Governor]] [[Mike Huckabee]]. In 2005, English was an economics/workforce advisor to Republican Lieutenant Governor Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, the only son of former Governor [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] who announced a [[governor|gubernatorial]] campaign to succeed Huckabee but was soon sidelined by cancer and death.<ref name=ejengl/>Upon Rockefeller's death, [[Asa Hutchinson]] unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2006 but was defeated by [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Mike Beebe]]. With Beebe term-limited, Hutchinson was elected governor in 2014 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asaforgovernor.com/home|title=Endorse Asa|publisher=asaforgovernor.com|accessdate=December 7, 2013}}</ref>
From 1998 to 2001, English was the executive director of the Fort Chaffee Public Trust. She was executive director of the Arkansas Manufacturers Association. From 2001 to 2004, she was executive director of the Arkansas Workforce Investment Board, a Cabinet position under Republican [[Governor]] [[Mike Huckabee]]. In 2005, English was an economics/workforce advisor to Republican Lieutenant Governor Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, the only son of former Governor [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] who announced a [[governor|gubernatorial]] campaign to succeed Huckabee but was soon sidelined by cancer and death.<ref name=ejengl/>Upon Rockefeller's death, [[Asa Hutchinson]] unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2006 but was defeated by [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Mike Beebe]]. With Beebe term-limited, Hutchinson was elected governor in 2014 and 2018.
After three terms in the state House, English on November 6, 2012, was elected to the state Senate by a margin of 288 votes. With 18,220 votes (50. 4 percent), she defeated the Democrat Barry Hyde, who polled 17,932 ballots (49.6 percent). Hyde was an outgoing member of the Arkansas House from District 40. The District 34 incumbent, the [[African American]] Linda Chesterfield, was switched via [[redistricting]] to District 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_State_Senate_elections,_2012|title=Arkansas State Senate elections, 2012|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 2, 2020}}</ref>
After three terms in the state House, English on November 6, 2012, was elected to the state Senate by a margin of 288 votes. With 18,220 votes (50. 4 percent), she defeated the Democrat Barry Hyde, who polled 17,932 ballots (49.6 percent). Hyde was an outgoing member of the Arkansas House from District 40. The District 34 incumbent, the [[African American]] Linda Chesterfield, was switched via [[redistricting]] to District 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_State_Senate_elections,_2012|title=Arkansas State Senate elections, 2012|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 2, 2020}}</ref>