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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Kim David Hammer
| image=Kim Hammer of AR.jpg
| birth_date=August 11, 1958
| birth_place=Rockford, Winnebago County<br>[[Illinois]], USA
| residence=Benton, Saline County, Arkansas
| death_date=
| death_place=
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| office=[[Arkansas]] State Representative<br> for District 28 (Saline County
| term_start=2011
| term_end=2019
| preceded=Barbara Nix
| succeeded=Jasen Kelly
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| alma_mater=South Side High School<br>
(Bee Branch, Arkansas)
Trinity College of the Bible
| occupation=[[Clergy]]man and [[hospice]] chaplain
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| spouse=Karen Elizabeth Hammer
| children=Kayla, Kameron, and Keith Hammer}}
'''Kim David Hammer''' (born August 11, 1958)<br>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/kim-hammer/kimhammer12933t?fname=kim&lname=hammer&|title=Kim Hammer|publisher=MyLife.com
|accessdate=January 11, 2021}}</ref> is a [[pastor]] and [[hospice]] chaplain in Benton, [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 28 in Saline County, near the capital city of [[Little Rock].<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web| url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/60226/kim-hammer#.UqzAcRXnYfQ| title=Kim Hammer's Biography| publisher=Project Vote Smart| accessdate=January 11, 2021}}</ref>
==Background==
A native of Rockford, [[Illinois]], Hammer was reared in the community of Damascus, Arkansas, which straddles[Van Buren and Faulkner counties near Little Rock. He graduated from South Side High School in Bee Branch in Van Buren County. He holds a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in Biblical Counseling from Trinity College of the Bible in Newburgh, [[Indiana]]. He has been a [[Southern Baptist]] pastor since 1979 and chaplain of the Saline Memorial Hospice in Benton since 2006. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Benton, Arkansas.<ref name=house/>
==Political life==
Hammer ran unsuccessfully for the state House in 2006, but in 2010 he unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent, Barbara Nix. He received 5,531 votes (55.4 percent) to Nix's 4,451 (44.6 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=231&contestid=149|title=State Representative District 028 - Certified, 2010| publisher=sos.arkansas.gov| accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref> In a 2012 rematch, Hammer again defeated Nix, 6,161 (57.9 percent) to 4,485 (42.1 percent).<ref>Arkansas Secretary of State, Election results: Saline County, November 6, 2012</ref>
Hammer serves on the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, the City, County and Local Affairs Committee and is chairman of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.<ref name=house>{{cite web| url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/268/|title=Kim Hammer, R-28| publisher=arkansashouse.org| accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref>
Hammer has a strongly [[conservative]] voting record in the state House. He joined the needed two-thirds majority to override the [[veto]]es of Democratic then [[Governor]] [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation requiring photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of gestation; he was the co-sponsor of both of these measures. He voted to ban abortion whenever fetal heartbeat is detected, to forbid the inclusion of abortion in state insurance plans, and to make the death of an unborn child a [[felony]] in certain cases. He voted for curriculum standards for Bible instruction in public schools. Hammer backed legislation to allow handguns on church properties. He co-sponsored legislation to empower university officials to carry weapons in the name of campus safety. He voted against the law to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas a nonpartisan position. He voted 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>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/60226/kim-hammer#.UqzK0BXnYfQ|title=Kim Hammer's Voting Records| publisher=Project Vote Smart| accessdate=January 11, 2013}}</ref>
In 2011, Representative Hammer voted for school dress codes and for the prohibition of [[cell phone]]s in school zones. He supported legislation that allows only [[English language|English]] as the language available for driver's license tests. He voted to reduce [[capital gains tax]]es in Arkansas.<ref name=votingrecords/>
==References==
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[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:Illinois]]
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[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
| name=Kim David Hammer
| image=Kim Hammer of AR.jpg
| birth_date=August 11, 1958
| birth_place=Rockford, Winnebago County<br>[[Illinois]], USA
| residence=Benton, Saline County, Arkansas
| death_date=
| death_place=
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| office=[[Arkansas]] State Representative<br> for District 28 (Saline County
| term_start=2011
| term_end=2019
| preceded=Barbara Nix
| succeeded=Jasen Kelly
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| alma_mater=South Side High School<br>
(Bee Branch, Arkansas)
Trinity College of the Bible
| occupation=[[Clergy]]man and [[hospice]] chaplain
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| spouse=Karen Elizabeth Hammer
| children=Kayla, Kameron, and Keith Hammer}}
'''Kim David Hammer''' (born August 11, 1958)<br>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/kim-hammer/kimhammer12933t?fname=kim&lname=hammer&|title=Kim Hammer|publisher=MyLife.com
|accessdate=January 11, 2021}}</ref> is a [[pastor]] and [[hospice]] chaplain in Benton, [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 28 in Saline County, near the capital city of [[Little Rock].<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web| url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/60226/kim-hammer#.UqzAcRXnYfQ| title=Kim Hammer's Biography| publisher=Project Vote Smart| accessdate=January 11, 2021}}</ref>
==Background==
A native of Rockford, [[Illinois]], Hammer was reared in the community of Damascus, Arkansas, which straddles[Van Buren and Faulkner counties near Little Rock. He graduated from South Side High School in Bee Branch in Van Buren County. He holds a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in Biblical Counseling from Trinity College of the Bible in Newburgh, [[Indiana]]. He has been a [[Southern Baptist]] pastor since 1979 and chaplain of the Saline Memorial Hospice in Benton since 2006. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Benton, Arkansas.<ref name=house/>
==Political life==
Hammer ran unsuccessfully for the state House in 2006, but in 2010 he unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent, Barbara Nix. He received 5,531 votes (55.4 percent) to Nix's 4,451 (44.6 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=231&contestid=149|title=State Representative District 028 - Certified, 2010| publisher=sos.arkansas.gov| accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref> In a 2012 rematch, Hammer again defeated Nix, 6,161 (57.9 percent) to 4,485 (42.1 percent).<ref>Arkansas Secretary of State, Election results: Saline County, November 6, 2012</ref>
Hammer serves on the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, the City, County and Local Affairs Committee and is chairman of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.<ref name=house>{{cite web| url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/268/|title=Kim Hammer, R-28| publisher=arkansashouse.org| accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref>
Hammer has a strongly [[conservative]] voting record in the state House. He joined the needed two-thirds majority to override the [[veto]]es of Democratic then [[Governor]] [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation requiring photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of gestation; he was the co-sponsor of both of these measures. He voted to ban abortion whenever fetal heartbeat is detected, to forbid the inclusion of abortion in state insurance plans, and to make the death of an unborn child a [[felony]] in certain cases. He voted for curriculum standards for Bible instruction in public schools. Hammer backed legislation to allow handguns on church properties. He co-sponsored legislation to empower university officials to carry weapons in the name of campus safety. He voted against the law to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas a nonpartisan position. He voted 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>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/60226/kim-hammer#.UqzK0BXnYfQ|title=Kim Hammer's Voting Records| publisher=Project Vote Smart| accessdate=January 11, 2013}}</ref>
In 2011, Representative Hammer voted for school dress codes and for the prohibition of [[cell phone]]s in school zones. He supported legislation that allows only [[English language|English]] as the language available for driver's license tests. He voted to reduce [[capital gains tax]]es in Arkansas.<ref name=votingrecords/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hammer, Kim}}
[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:Illinois]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]