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In 2013, Sample joined the Senate majority to amend state [[income tax]] rates. He did not vote on legislation to reduce the amount of weekly unemployment compensatio] benefits, but he did support a related bill to require the recipients to be screened for illegal use of [[narcotics]]. He voted successfully to override Democratic then [[Governor]] [[Mike Beebe]]'s [[veto]] of a bill to require photo identification when one casts a ballot in Arkansas. He opposed legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas a nonpartisan position. He voted to allow handguns to be carried on church properties and to forbid the release of information on the holders of concealed carry permits. He voted to allow university staff to carry concealed weapons. He did not vote on a bill to permit the sale of [[pasteurization|unpasteurized]] whole milk within the state and on another bill to require a racial impact statement regarding crimes.<ref name=votingrecords/>

In 2013, Sample joined the Senate majority to amend state [[income tax]] rates. He did not vote on legislation to reduce the amount of weekly unemployment compensatio] benefits, but he did support a related bill to require the recipients to be screened for illegal use of [[narcotics]]. He voted successfully to override Democratic then [[Governor]] [[Mike Beebe]]'s [[veto]] of a bill to require photo identification when one casts a ballot in Arkansas. He opposed legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas a nonpartisan position. He voted to allow handguns to be carried on church properties and to forbid the release of information on the holders of concealed carry permits. He voted to allow university staff to carry concealed weapons. He did not vote on a bill to permit the sale of [[pasteurization|unpasteurized]] whole milk within the state and on another bill to require a racial impact statement regarding crimes.<ref name=votingrecords/>

Sample was renominated to the state Senate in the Republican primary held on May 20, 2014; he defeated Jerry Neal, 5,712 (55 percent) to 4,650 (45 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katv.com/story/12801589/katv-election-results|title=Arkansas Primary Election Results|date=May 20, 2014|publisher=KATV ([[Little Rock]])|accessdate=May 21, 2014; information no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>  Neal based much of his campaign on Sample's vote for the "private option" [[Medicaid]] program by which the state purchases health insurance for its most needy citizens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katv.com/story/25745732/flippo-beats-burris-in-arkansas-state-senate-race|title=Flippo beats Burris in Arkansas state Senate race|date=June 10, 2014|publisher=KATV ([[Little Rock]])|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}</ref>

Sample was renominated to the state Senate in the Republican primary held on May 20, 2014; he defeated Jerry Neal, 5,712 (55 percent) to 4,650 (45 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katv.com/story/12801589/katv-election-results|title=Arkansas Primary Election Results|date=May 20, 2014|publisher=KATV ([[Little Rock]])|accessdate=May 21, 2014; information no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>  Neal based much of his campaign on Sample's vote for the "private option" [[Medicaid]] program by which the state purchases health insurance for its most needy citizens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katv.com/story/25745732/flippo-beats-burris-in-arkansas-state-senate-race|title=Flippo beats Burris in Arkansas state Senate race|date=June 10, 2014|publisher=KATV|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}</ref>

In the general election held on November 4, 2014, Sample won a four-year term in the state Senate by defeating the Independent George Pritchett, 20,899 votes (71 percent) to 8,460 (29 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/53237/149792/Web01/en/summary.html|title=2014 election Results|publisher=Arkansas Secretary of State Elections Page|accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref>

In the general election held on November 4, 2014, Sample won a four-year term in the state Senate by defeating the Independent George Pritchett, 20,899 votes (71 percent) to 8,460 (29 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/53237/149792/Web01/en/summary.html|title=2014 election Results|publisher=Arkansas Secretary of State Elections Page|accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref>