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'''Kenneth Bernard Ferguson, Sr.''' (born August 4, 1951),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/kenneth-ferguson/106432513?fname=kenneth&lname=ferguson&|title=Kenneth Ferguson|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 5, 2021}}</ref> is an [[African-American]] retiree from Pine Bluff, [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 16, which includes Jefferson and Lincoln counties in the southeastern portion of his state. Ferguson has held his legislative seat since January 2015.<ref name=kbh>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/360/Kenneth%20B.-Ferguson|title=Kenneth B. Ferguson|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=April 15, 2015}}</ref>

'''Kenneth Bernard Ferguson, Sr.''' (born August 4, 1951),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/kenneth-ferguson/106432513?fname=kenneth&lname=ferguson&|title=Kenneth Ferguson|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 5, 2021}}</ref> is an [[African-American]] retiree from Pine Bluff, [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 16, which includes Jefferson and Lincoln counties in the southeastern portion of his state. Ferguson has held his legislative seat since January 2015.<ref name=kbh>{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/16|title=Kenneth B. Ferguson|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=February 4, 2021}}</ref>

Ferguson was elected in 2014 in House District 16 to succeed the term-limited African-American Democrat James Word, also of Pine Bluff. In the [[primary]] election, Ferguson led two opponents but was forced into a runoff contest with intraparty rival, Win Trafford (born c. 1972), also of Pine Bluff, whom he led by nineteen votes. In the second round of balloting with a low turnout, Ferguson prevailed 1,170 (54.5 percent) to Trafford's 978 (45.5 percent). Ferguson faced no opposition in the November 4 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014|title=District 16|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=February 5, 2021}}</ref>

Ferguson was elected in 2014 in House District 16 to succeed the term-limited African-American Democrat James Word, also of Pine Bluff. In the [[primary]] election, Ferguson led two opponents but was forced into a runoff contest with intraparty rival, Win Trafford (born c. 1972), also of Pine Bluff, whom he led by nineteen votes. In the second round of balloting with a low turnout, Ferguson prevailed 1,170 (54.5 percent) to Trafford's 978 (45.5 percent). Ferguson faced no opposition in the November 4 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014|title=District 16|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=February 5, 2021}}</ref>