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'''Bruce Alan Cozart''' (born October 3, 1955)<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/128788/bruce-cozart#.Uqx2oxXnYfQ|title=Bruce Cozart's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=January 15, 2020}}</ref> is a general contractor in [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]], [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 24 in Garland County.

'''Bruce Alan Cozart''' (born October 3, 1955)<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/128788/bruce-cozart#.Uqx2oxXnYfQ|title=Bruce Cozart's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=January 15, 2020}}</ref> is a general contractor in [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]], [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 24 in Garland County.

==Background==

==Background==

In the 2010 [[general election]] for House District 24, Republican candidate Keith Crass, an accountant from Hot Springs, died at the age of fifty-one of a [[heart attack]] during the campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/nov/02/deceased-candidate-wins-seat-garland-county/|title=Deceased candidate wins seat in Garland County|date=November 2, 2010|publisher=arkansasonline.com|accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref> Crass nevertheless defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate, Garland County Judge Larry Williams, 4,988 votes (55.7 percent) to 3,972 (44.3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=231&contestid=85|title=State Representative District 024 - Certified, 2010|publisher=sos.arkansas.gov|accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref>

In the 2010 [[general election]] for House District 24, Republican candidate Keith Crass, an accountant from Hot Springs, died at the age of fifty-one of a [[heart attack]] during the campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/nov/02/deceased-candidate-wins-seat-garland-county/|title=Deceased candidate wins seat in Garland County|date=November 2, 2010|publisher=arkansasonline.com|accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref> Crass nevertheless defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate, Garland County Judge Larry Williams, 4,988 votes (55.7 percent) to 3,972 (44.3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=231&contestid=85|title=State Representative District 024 - Certified, 2010|publisher=sos.arkansas.gov|accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref>

A [[special election]] was hence held on March 8, 2011. As the Republican nominee, Cozart defeated another Democrat, Jerry M. Rephan, in a low-turnout contest, 1,862 votes (60.4 percent) to 1,223 (39.6 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=251&contestid=1|title=State Representative District 024 - Certified, 2011|publisher=sos.arkansas.gov|accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref>

A [[special election]] was hence held on March 8, 2011. As the Republican nominee, Cozart defeated another Democrat, Jerry M. Rephan, in a low-turnout contest, 1,862 votes (60.4 percent) to 1,223 (39.6 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=251&contestid=1|title=State Representative District 024 - Certified, 2011|publisher=sos.arkansas.gov|accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref> Cozart won a full term in the general election held on November 6, 2012. He serves on both the House committees of Education and City, County, and Local Affairs.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/300/|title=Bruze Cozart, R-24|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref>

Cozart won a full term in the general election held on November 6, 2012. He serves on both the House committees of Education and City, County, and Local Affairs.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/300/|title=Bruze Cozart, R-24|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=December 14, 2013}}</ref>

Cozart has a [[conservative]] voting record in the state House. He voted 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 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. Cozart co-sponsored legislation to allow handguns on church properties. He voted to empower university officials to carry weapons in the name of campus safety. He did not vote on measures to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas nonpartisan or to allow the sale of up to five hundred gallons per month of [[Louis Pasteur|unpasteurized]] whole milk directly from the farm to consumers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/128788/bruce-cozart#.Uqx5AxXnYfQ|title=Bruce Cazort's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=January 15, 2021}}</ref>

Cozart has a [[conservative]] voting record in the state House. He voted 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 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. Cozart co-sponsored legislation to allow handguns on church properties. He voted to empower university officials to carry weapons in the name of campus safety. He did not vote on measures to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas nonpartisan or to allow the sale of up to five hundred gallons per month of [[Louis Pasteur|unpasteurized]] whole milk directly from the farm to consumers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/128788/bruce-cozart#.Uqx5AxXnYfQ|title=Bruce Cazort's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=January 15, 2021}}</ref>

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