Gayla Joy Hendren McKenzie is a lawyer and state legislator in Arkansas, serving in the

Arkansas House of Representatives The Arkansas State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the ...

. In 2021, she began her second term. She represents District 92 which includes portions of

Benton County, Arkansas Benton County is a county within the Northwest Arkansas region with a culture, economy, and history that have transitioned from rural and agricultural to suburban and white collar since the growth of Walmart, which is headquartered in Benton C ...

. She lives in Gravette and is married with two children.

Kim Hendren Kim Dexter Hendren (born February 6, 1938) is an American engineer and politician. He served as a Democratic and Republican member for the 6th and 9th districts of the Arkansas Senate. Hendren also served a member of the 1st and 92nd districts ...

is her father, and fellow legislator

Jim Hendren James Paul Hendren (born August 12, 1963) is an American politician serving as a member of the Arkansas Senate from the 2nd district. From January 2019 to January 2021, he also served as Senate Majority Leader. Until February 2021, he was a Repub ...

is her brother. Her sister, Hope Hendren Duke, is running for their brother's seat in the State House. She established and ran a radio station for more than two decades and later owned a stone business. The radio station is

KBVA KBVA (106.5 MHz) is a commercial FM broadcasts in HD with 2 sub channels radio station licensed to Bella Vista, Arkansas, and serving Southwest Missouri, Northwest Arkansas and northeast Oklahoma. The station is owned by John Lykins, through l ...

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Arkansas lawyers Hutchinson family Republican Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives {{Arkansas-politician-stub