| − | '''Kim D. Hendren''' (born February 6, 1938)<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=27858|title=Project Vote Smart: Senator Kim Hendren (R)|publisher=Votesmart.org|access date=May 18, 2009}}</ref> is the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] minority leader and the chairman of the Energy Committee of the Arkansas State Senate. A native and resident of Gravette in Benton County in northwestern [[Arkansas]], Hendren represents District 9. He is a former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] in the most Republican part of his state. Hendren is also an announced candidate for his party's nomination for the [[U.S. Senate]] in the 2010 primary election to oppose incumbent Democratic Senator [[Blanche Lincoln]]. | + | '''Kim D. Hendren''' (born February 6, 1938)<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=27858|title=Project Vote Smart: Senator Kim Hendren (R)|publisher=Votesmart.org|access date=May 18, 2009}}</ref> is the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] minority leader and the chairman of the Energy Committee of the Arkansas State Senate. A native and resident of Gravette in Benton County in northwestern [[Arkansas]], Hendren represents District 9. He is a former [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in the most Republican part of his state. Hendren is also an announced candidate for his party's nomination for the [[U.S. Senate]] in the 2010 primary election to oppose incumbent Democratic Senator [[Blanche Lincoln]]. |