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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Young Timothy "Tim" Hutchinson
| name=Young Timothy "Tim" Hutchinson
|office=[[United States Senate|U. S. Senator]] for [[Arkansas]]
| image=Tim Hutchinson of AR.jpg
| office=[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] for [[Arkansas]]
| term_start=January 3, 1997
| term_start=January 3, 1997
| term_end=January 3, 2003
| term_end=January 3, 2003
| spouse=(1) [[Donna Hutchinson]] (married 1970-1999, divorced)
| spouse=(1) [[Donna Hutchinson]] (married 1970-1999, divorced)
(2) Randi Fredholm Hutchinson
(2) Randi Fredholm Hutchinson
| children=Three sons from first marriage"<br>
| children=Three sons from first marriage:<br>
Jeremy Hutchinson
Jeremy Hutchinson
Timothy Chad Hutchinson (twins)<br>
Timothy Chad Hutchinson (twins)<br>
A native of Bentonville in northwestern Arkansas, he is a son of John Malcolm Hutchinson, Sr. (1907–1991) , and the former Coral Virginia Mount (1912–1998). He was reared on the family farm in nearby Gravette. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Bob Jones University]] in Greenville, [[South Carolina]] and his [[Master of Arts]] in 1990 in political science from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville.<ref name=ency/>
A native of Bentonville in northwestern Arkansas, he is a son of John Malcolm Hutchinson, Sr. (1907–1991) , and the former Coral Virginia Mount (1912–1998). He was reared on the family farm in nearby Gravette. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Bob Jones University]] in Greenville, [[South Carolina]] and his [[Master of Arts]] in 1990 in political science from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville.<ref name=ency/>
Hutchinson no longer lives in Arkansas. After his defeat for Senate reelection in 2002, he became a resident of Alexandria, [[Virginia]]. After his divorce in 1999 from the former [[Donna Hutchinson|Donna King]], he married the former Randi Fredholm, an [[attorney]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], who specializes in [[real estate]] and industrial and environmental law.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lawyer.com/randi-hutchinson-dc.html|title=Randi Hutchinson|publisher=Lawyer.com|accessdate=April 27, 2020}}</ref>
Hutchinson no longer lives in Arkansas. After his defeat for Senate reelection in 2002, he became a resident of Alexandria, [[Virginia]]. After his divorce in 1999 from the former [[Donna Hutchinson|Donna King]], he married the former Randi Fredholm, his former legislative assistant and an [[attorney]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], who specializes in [[real estate]] and industrial and environmental law.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lawyer.com/randi-hutchinson-dc.html|title=Randi Hutchinson|publisher=Lawyer.com|accessdate=April 27, 2020}}</ref>
==Political career==
==Political career==
The 3rd district reverted to form in 1994, when Hutchinson was reelected with 63 percent of the vote.
The 3rd district reverted to form in 1994, when Hutchinson was reelected with 63 percent of the vote.
===Election to U.S. Senate===
===Election as U.S. Senator===
Hutchinson ran for the Senate seat being vacated by popular Democrat [[David Pryor]], who is also a former Arkansas governor (1975-1978). Initially, the leading Republican candidate for the party nomination was Lieutenant Governor [[Mike Huckabee|Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee]], a former [[Southern Baptist]] pastor. . However, when Democratic Governor James Guy "Jim Guy" Tucker resigned upon his conviction for mail fraud, Huckabee assumed the governorship and dropped out of the Senate race;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=108 |title=Mike Huckabee |publisher=''The Encyclopedia of Arkansas'' |accessdate=April 27, 2020}}</ref>
Hutchinson ran for the Senate seat being vacated by popular Democrat [[David Pryor]], who is also a former Arkansas governor (1975-1978). Initially, the leading Republican candidate for the party nomination was Lieutenant Governor [[Mike Huckabee|Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee]], a former [[Southern Baptist]] pastor. However, when Democratic Governor James Guy "Jim Guy" Tucker resigned upon his conviction for mail fraud, Huckabee assumed the governorship and dropped out of the Senate race;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=108 |title=Mike Huckabee |publisher=''The Encyclopedia of Arkansas'' |accessdate=April 27, 2020}}</ref>
After Huckabee's exodus from the Senate campaign, Hutchinson won the Republican nomination and defeated in the general election the Democratic Attorney General Winston Bryant, 53 to 47 percent even though native son Bill Clinton defeated [[Bob Dole]] by seventeen points in Arkansas to gain a second termas President.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/u/usa/pres/1996.txt |title=Presidential Elections of 1996 |accessdate=April 27, 2020|publisher=Adam Carr's Election Archive}}</ref>
After Huckabee's exodus from the Senate campaign, Hutchinson won the Republican nomination and defeated in the general election the Democratic Attorney General Winston Bryant, 53 to 47 percent even though native son Bill Clinton defeated [[Bob Dole]] by seventeen points in Arkansas to gain a second termas President.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/u/usa/pres/1996.txt |title=Presidential Elections of 1996 |accessdate=April 27, 2020|publisher=Adam Carr's Election Archive}}</ref>
[[Category:Former United States Senators]]
[[Category:Former United States Senators]]
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