DeAnn Kay Vaught (born 1970) is a farmer from

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, who is a

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member of the

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for District 87. Vaught graduated from

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. She is affiliated with the Farm Bureau Federation. She and her husband, Jon, reside in Horatio with their three children. She is a

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. In 2014, she unseated

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of Ashdown, winning 59 to 41 percent. Vaught sat on the Select Committee for Rules, the committee on Aging, Children and Youth Legislative and Military Affairs, the committee for Revenue and Taxation, and the committee for Legislative Joint Auditory Commerce.

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