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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Joseph Bradley "Joe" Farrer
| image=Joe Farrer of AR.jpg
| birth_date=March 26, 1962
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
| residence=Austin, Lonoke County,<br>Arkansas, USA
| death_date=
| death_place=
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| office=[[Arkansas State Representative for District 44 (Faulkner, Lonoke, and White counties)
| term_start=January 2013
| term_end=January 2019
| preceded=Mark Perry (moved to District 42)
| succeeded=[[Cameron Cooper]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| alma_mater=University of Central Arkansas
| occupation=Physical therapist<br>
Hospital administrator
| religion=[[Episcopalian]]
| spouse=Victoria Marie Binns "Vikki" Farrer
| children=Three children}}
'''Joseph Bradley Farrer''', known as '''Joe Farrer''' (born March 26, 1962),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/joseph-farrer/josephfarr63589gz?fname=joseph&lname=farrer&|title=Joseph Farrer|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref> is the owner of Farrer Physical Therapy in Jacksonville, [[Arkansas]], and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 44 His jurisdiction includes Faulkner, Lonoke, and White counties.<ref name=jfarrer>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/331/|title=Joe Farrer, R-44|publisher=Arkansas House of Representatives|accessdate=December 27, 2013}}</ref>
==Background==
Farrer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway in Faulkner County.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/134812/joe-farrer#.Ur36mpV3uZM|title=Joe Farrer's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
Farrer and his wife, the former Victoria Marie Binns, known as "Vikki" Farrer (born 1966), have three children.<ref name=votesmart/> They reside in Austin in Lonoke County.
==Political life==
Farrer is a former Lonoke County justice of the peace. He also owns a laundromat.<ref name=votesmart/>
Farrer was unopposed in 2012 for the Republican nomination in House District 44. He then handily defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate, Judy Riley, 6,397 votes (64.4 percent) to 3,539 (34.6 percent). The incumbent Democratic representative, Mark Perry, was moved from District 44 and was reelected in the revised House District 42.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 44|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
Farrer served on these House committees: (1) Public Transportation Committee and (2) Insurance and Commerce, (3) Energy).<ref name=jfarrer/><ref name=votesmart/>
Then Representative Farrer co-sponsored in 2013 to the establishment of a spending cap on the state budget, but the bill failed by a two-vote margin in the House. He co-sponsored legislation to amend [[state income tax]] rates. He joined the majority to [[Veto override|override]] the [[veto]]es of Democratic then [[ Governor]] [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation, which he co-sponsored, to require photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[ estation]]. Representative Farrer further co-sponsored 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 voted to empower university officials to carry weapons in the name of campus safety and co-sponsored similar legislation to allow religious institutions to be armed. He voted against legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas nonpartisan. 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>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/134812/joe-farrer#.Ur38Q5V3uZM|title=Joe Farrer's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=December 27, 2013}}</ref>
Farrer did not seek a third legislative term and was succeeded in 2019 by fellow Republican [[Cameron Cooper]].
{==References==
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[[Category:Arkansas]]
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[[Category:Episcopalians]]
| name=Joseph Bradley "Joe" Farrer
| image=Joe Farrer of AR.jpg
| birth_date=March 26, 1962
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
| residence=Austin, Lonoke County,<br>Arkansas, USA
| death_date=
| death_place=
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| office=[[Arkansas State Representative for District 44 (Faulkner, Lonoke, and White counties)
| term_start=January 2013
| term_end=January 2019
| preceded=Mark Perry (moved to District 42)
| succeeded=[[Cameron Cooper]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| alma_mater=University of Central Arkansas
| occupation=Physical therapist<br>
Hospital administrator
| religion=[[Episcopalian]]
| spouse=Victoria Marie Binns "Vikki" Farrer
| children=Three children}}
'''Joseph Bradley Farrer''', known as '''Joe Farrer''' (born March 26, 1962),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/joseph-farrer/josephfarr63589gz?fname=joseph&lname=farrer&|title=Joseph Farrer|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref> is the owner of Farrer Physical Therapy in Jacksonville, [[Arkansas]], and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 44 His jurisdiction includes Faulkner, Lonoke, and White counties.<ref name=jfarrer>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/331/|title=Joe Farrer, R-44|publisher=Arkansas House of Representatives|accessdate=December 27, 2013}}</ref>
==Background==
Farrer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway in Faulkner County.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/134812/joe-farrer#.Ur36mpV3uZM|title=Joe Farrer's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
Farrer and his wife, the former Victoria Marie Binns, known as "Vikki" Farrer (born 1966), have three children.<ref name=votesmart/> They reside in Austin in Lonoke County.
==Political life==
Farrer is a former Lonoke County justice of the peace. He also owns a laundromat.<ref name=votesmart/>
Farrer was unopposed in 2012 for the Republican nomination in House District 44. He then handily defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate, Judy Riley, 6,397 votes (64.4 percent) to 3,539 (34.6 percent). The incumbent Democratic representative, Mark Perry, was moved from District 44 and was reelected in the revised House District 42.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 44|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
Farrer served on these House committees: (1) Public Transportation Committee and (2) Insurance and Commerce, (3) Energy).<ref name=jfarrer/><ref name=votesmart/>
Then Representative Farrer co-sponsored in 2013 to the establishment of a spending cap on the state budget, but the bill failed by a two-vote margin in the House. He co-sponsored legislation to amend [[state income tax]] rates. He joined the majority to [[Veto override|override]] the [[veto]]es of Democratic then [[ Governor]] [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation, which he co-sponsored, to require photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[ estation]]. Representative Farrer further co-sponsored 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 voted to empower university officials to carry weapons in the name of campus safety and co-sponsored similar legislation to allow religious institutions to be armed. He voted against legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas nonpartisan. 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>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/134812/joe-farrer#.Ur38Q5V3uZM|title=Joe Farrer's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=December 27, 2013}}</ref>
Farrer did not seek a third legislative term and was succeeded in 2019 by fellow Republican [[Cameron Cooper]].
{==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Farrer, Joe}}
[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]