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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=David M. Meeks
| image=Davd Meeks of AR.png
| birth_date=April 27, 1972
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
| residence=Conway, Faulkner County<br>Arkansas, USA
| office=[[Arkansas]] State Representative<br> for District 46
| term_start=2011
| term_end=2013
| preceded=Robbie Wills
| succeeded=Mark Biviano
| offrice2=Arkansas State Representative<br> for District 70
| term_start2=2013
| term end2=
| preceded2=[[Robert Dale (Arkansas politician)|Robert E. Dale]]
| succeeded2=Spencer Hawks
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| alma_mater=Greenbrier (Arkansas) High School<br>
Samuel W. Wolfson High School<br>
Trinity Baptist College
| occupation=[[Clergy]]man
| religion=[[Baptist]]
| spouse=Naomi Meeks (married 2009)
| children=
| relations=[[Stephen Meeks]] (brother)
| branch=[[United States Army]]
}}
'''David M. Meeks''' (born April 27, 1972)<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/119134/david-meeks|title=David Meeks' Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=November 25, 2020}}</ref> is an associate pastor from Conway in Faulkner County in central [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative. His District 70, which he represented from 2013 to 2017, includes part of Faulkner and Perry counties. From 2011 to 2013, Meeks represented House District 46, now the domain of Republican Mark Biviano.<ref name=dmeeksark>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/281/david-meeks|title=David Meeks, R-70|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=December 31, 2013; information no longer accessible ohn-line}}</ref>
His older brother, [[Stephen Meeks]], is a Republican legislator from neighboring District 67 in Faulkner, Conway, and Van Buren counties.
==Background==
Meeks was reared in the Springhill Community in Faulkner County in central Arkansas and attended, first, Greenbrier High School but graduated from Samuel W. Wolfson High School in [[Jacksonville]], [[Florida]]. He moved from Arkansas to Florida as a teenager because of his father's employment.<ref name=dmeeksark/> Meeks received a bachelor's degree in Pastoral Ministries from Trinity Baptist College in Jacksonville.<ref name=votesmart/>
From 1990 to 1995, Meeks served in the [[United States Army]]; he received the Achievement and Good Conduct medals. He is a member of the [[National Rifle Association]] and Toastmasters International. Meeks and his wife, Naomi, attend Bible [[Baptist]] Church in Conway, where he is a [[Sunday school]] teacher. He is an associate pastor and guest speaker at other churches.<ref name=dmeeksark/>
In 2003, he worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida.<ref name=votesmart/>
==Political life==
In 2010, Meeks was elected in House District 46, having defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Steve Magie, 5,312 to 4,452 votes. The incumbent Democrat, Robbie Wills, was term-limited that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2010|title=District 46|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 25, 2020}}</ref> In 2012, District 46 was reconfigured to White County. Meeks won his second term in revised District 70, having secured the Republican nomination over Tyrone Price Dooley (born 1943), also of Conway, 1,597 to 593. He then defeated in the [[general election]] the Democrat Cody J. Bassham (born 1984), 6,829 to 4,219.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 70|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 25, 2020}}</ref>
Meeks serves on the Arkansas Legislative Council and is the chairman of the House Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Committee. He is also a member of the Judiciary Committee.<ref name=votesmart/><ref name=dmeeksark/>
In 2013, Representative Meeks in District 70 co-sponsored legislation to amend state income tax rates and to place a spending cap on the state budget, but the second measure failed in the House by two votes. He voted to override the [[veto]]es of Democratic then [[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 further co-sponsored related [[pro-life]] legislation to ban 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. He co-sponsored the measures to empower officials of universities and religious institutions to carry concealed weapons for safety. Meeks opposed the proposal to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas a nonpartisan position; the measure passed the House, sixty-three to twenty-four. He supported the bill, signed by Governor Beebe, to permit the sale of up to five hundred gallons per month of [[Louis Pasteur|unpasteurized]] whole milk directly from the farm to consumers.<ref name=votingrecords/>
In 2011, Meeks in District 46 opposed a dress code for public schools; the measure passed seventy-three to nineteen. He backed curriculum standards for biblical instruction in public schools. He co-sponsored the Capital Gains Reduction Act and the lowering of utility rates on manufacturers as a means of attracting new industry to Arkansas. He voted to restrict driver's license tests only in the English language. Meeks voted to prohibit [[cell phone]] use in school zones. and voted against the congressional [[redistricting]] bill.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/119134/david-meeks|title=David Meeks' Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 25, 2020}}</ref>
In 2014, Meeks sought his third and final term in the House. He is term-limited in 2016, but he can run for another office at that time.<ref name=votesmart/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meeks, David}}
[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:Florida]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Pro-Life]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
| name=David M. Meeks
| image=Davd Meeks of AR.png
| birth_date=April 27, 1972
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
| residence=Conway, Faulkner County<br>Arkansas, USA
| office=[[Arkansas]] State Representative<br> for District 46
| term_start=2011
| term_end=2013
| preceded=Robbie Wills
| succeeded=Mark Biviano
| offrice2=Arkansas State Representative<br> for District 70
| term_start2=2013
| term end2=
| preceded2=[[Robert Dale (Arkansas politician)|Robert E. Dale]]
| succeeded2=Spencer Hawks
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| alma_mater=Greenbrier (Arkansas) High School<br>
Samuel W. Wolfson High School<br>
Trinity Baptist College
| occupation=[[Clergy]]man
| religion=[[Baptist]]
| spouse=Naomi Meeks (married 2009)
| children=
| relations=[[Stephen Meeks]] (brother)
| branch=[[United States Army]]
}}
'''David M. Meeks''' (born April 27, 1972)<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/119134/david-meeks|title=David Meeks' Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=November 25, 2020}}</ref> is an associate pastor from Conway in Faulkner County in central [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative. His District 70, which he represented from 2013 to 2017, includes part of Faulkner and Perry counties. From 2011 to 2013, Meeks represented House District 46, now the domain of Republican Mark Biviano.<ref name=dmeeksark>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/281/david-meeks|title=David Meeks, R-70|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=December 31, 2013; information no longer accessible ohn-line}}</ref>
His older brother, [[Stephen Meeks]], is a Republican legislator from neighboring District 67 in Faulkner, Conway, and Van Buren counties.
==Background==
Meeks was reared in the Springhill Community in Faulkner County in central Arkansas and attended, first, Greenbrier High School but graduated from Samuel W. Wolfson High School in [[Jacksonville]], [[Florida]]. He moved from Arkansas to Florida as a teenager because of his father's employment.<ref name=dmeeksark/> Meeks received a bachelor's degree in Pastoral Ministries from Trinity Baptist College in Jacksonville.<ref name=votesmart/>
From 1990 to 1995, Meeks served in the [[United States Army]]; he received the Achievement and Good Conduct medals. He is a member of the [[National Rifle Association]] and Toastmasters International. Meeks and his wife, Naomi, attend Bible [[Baptist]] Church in Conway, where he is a [[Sunday school]] teacher. He is an associate pastor and guest speaker at other churches.<ref name=dmeeksark/>
In 2003, he worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida.<ref name=votesmart/>
==Political life==
In 2010, Meeks was elected in House District 46, having defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Steve Magie, 5,312 to 4,452 votes. The incumbent Democrat, Robbie Wills, was term-limited that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2010|title=District 46|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 25, 2020}}</ref> In 2012, District 46 was reconfigured to White County. Meeks won his second term in revised District 70, having secured the Republican nomination over Tyrone Price Dooley (born 1943), also of Conway, 1,597 to 593. He then defeated in the [[general election]] the Democrat Cody J. Bassham (born 1984), 6,829 to 4,219.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 70|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 25, 2020}}</ref>
Meeks serves on the Arkansas Legislative Council and is the chairman of the House Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Committee. He is also a member of the Judiciary Committee.<ref name=votesmart/><ref name=dmeeksark/>
In 2013, Representative Meeks in District 70 co-sponsored legislation to amend state income tax rates and to place a spending cap on the state budget, but the second measure failed in the House by two votes. He voted to override the [[veto]]es of Democratic then [[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 further co-sponsored related [[pro-life]] legislation to ban 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. He co-sponsored the measures to empower officials of universities and religious institutions to carry concealed weapons for safety. Meeks opposed the proposal to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas a nonpartisan position; the measure passed the House, sixty-three to twenty-four. He supported the bill, signed by Governor Beebe, to permit the sale of up to five hundred gallons per month of [[Louis Pasteur|unpasteurized]] whole milk directly from the farm to consumers.<ref name=votingrecords/>
In 2011, Meeks in District 46 opposed a dress code for public schools; the measure passed seventy-three to nineteen. He backed curriculum standards for biblical instruction in public schools. He co-sponsored the Capital Gains Reduction Act and the lowering of utility rates on manufacturers as a means of attracting new industry to Arkansas. He voted to restrict driver's license tests only in the English language. Meeks voted to prohibit [[cell phone]] use in school zones. and voted against the congressional [[redistricting]] bill.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/119134/david-meeks|title=David Meeks' Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 25, 2020}}</ref>
In 2014, Meeks sought his third and final term in the House. He is term-limited in 2016, but he can run for another office at that time.<ref name=votesmart/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meeks, David}}
[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:Florida]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Pro-Life]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:United States Army]]