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Known for his folksy demeanor at the capitol,<ref name=nwa>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2009/04/19/news/041909arhendrenannounces.txt|title=Gravette's Hendren Announces Challenge for U.S. Senate Seat|publisher=NWAonline.net|access date=May 16, 2009}}</ref> Hendren considers himself a fiscal conservative and voted against changing the Arkansas unemployment law to accept $59 million in federal stimulus money.<ref name=nwa/> He voted in February 2009 to support an increase in his state's tobacco tax.<ref name=nwa/> In 2008, he backed an increase in the severance tax on [[natural gas]].<ref name=hendren/> He has also authored a bill to require [[motorcycle|motorcyclists]] to wear helmets or demonstrate proof of [[health insurance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arkansasnews.com/2009/02/23/helmet-bill-stalls-in-committee/|title=Doug Thompson, Stephens Media, "Motorcycle helmet, tarp bill stall in committee"|publisher=Arkansasnews.com|access date=May 18, 2009}}</ref>

Known for his folksy demeanor at the capitol,<ref name=nwa>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2009/04/19/news/041909arhendrenannounces.txt|title=Gravette's Hendren Announces Challenge for U.S. Senate Seat|publisher=NWAonline.net|access date=May 16, 2009}}</ref> Hendren considers himself a fiscal conservative and voted against changing the Arkansas unemployment law to accept $59 million in federal stimulus money.<ref name=nwa/> He voted in February 2009 to support an increase in his state's tobacco tax.<ref name=nwa/> In 2008, he backed an increase in the severance tax on [[natural gas]].<ref name=hendren/> He has also authored a bill to require [[motorcycle|motorcyclists]] to wear helmets or demonstrate proof of [[health insurance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arkansasnews.com/2009/02/23/helmet-bill-stalls-in-committee/|title=Doug Thompson, Stephens Media, "Motorcycle helmet, tarp bill stall in committee"|publisher=Arkansasnews.com|access date=May 18, 2009}}</ref>

   

   

From 1967–1969, Hendren served on the Gravette City Council and later the Gravette School Board. In 1978, Hendren was first elected as a Democrat to the state Senate at the same time that Clinton won his first two-year term as governor.<ref>''Arkansas Gazette'', Little Rock, [[Arkansas]], November 9, 1978</ref> Hendren won the Senate seat in 1978, after the incumbent Republican,  

From 1967 to 1969, Hendren served on the Gravette City Council and later the Gravette School Board. In 1978, Hendren was first elected as a Democrat to the state Senate at the same time that Clinton won his first two-year term as governor.<ref>''Arkansas Gazette'', Little Rock, [[Arkansas]], November 9, 1978</ref> Hendren won the Senate seat in 1978, after the incumbent Republican,  

[[Jim Caldwell]], a [[Church of Christ]] minister from Rogers, stepped down after a decade in office.<ref>''Arkansas Outlook,'' Republican Party newsletter, November–December 1968.</ref>

[[Jim Caldwell]], a [[Church of Christ]] minister from Rogers, stepped down after a decade in office.<ref>''Arkansas Outlook,'' Republican Party newsletter, November–December 1968.</ref>