Aaron Michel Pilkington (born 1990) is the

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state representative for District 69, which includes portions of

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and

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counties in northwestern

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. Pilkington is a graduate of

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in Fairmont, West Virginia, where he was elected class President. He obtained his undergraduate education at

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, where he was a member of the fraternity

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. He also attended the

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and graduated with a

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in health care administration. Pilkington serves on two House committees: (1) Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and (2) House City, County, and Local Affairs Committee. He resides in Clarksville in Johnson County. First elected in 2016, when he unseated the Democratic Representative Betty Overbey, Pilkington won reelection to his second legislative term in the general election held on November 6, 2018. With 5,034 votes (58.4 percent), he defeated another Democrat, Eddie King, who polled 3,595 votes (41.6 percent). Aaron Pilkington currently serves as the Co-Chair for the Arkansas Future Caucus alongside Representative Jamie Scott (D-Little Rock). In the 2024 Republican Party presidential primary, Pilkington has endorsed Florida Governor

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External links

Aaron Pilkington at ballotpedia.org
1991 births Living people University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences alumni Republican Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives People from Clarksville, Arkansas Washington & Jefferson College alumni 21st-century American legislators Politicians from Fairmont, West Virginia Fairmont Senior High School alumni {{Arkansas-politician-stub