Jim Arnold is a former
Democratic member of the
Indiana Senate, representing the 8th district between March 2007 and November 2016.
Early life
Arnold grew up in
Michigan City, Indiana
Michigan City is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. It is one of the two principal cities of the Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana Metropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City Combined sta ...
, and graduated from
Elston High School in 1962.
He attended
Western Michigan University for one semester before joining the
U.S. Air Force.
He later completed a bachelor's degree in political science at
Valparaiso University.
Career
Arnold worked in law enforcement for 32 years, four years in the La Porte County Prosecutor's Office, and eight as LaPort County Sheriff.
In January 2007, Arnold retired as LaPorte County Sheriff. In March 2007, he began representing District 8 in the state legislature. In 2012, Arnold was named Legislator of the Year by the Disabled American Veterans.
In January 2016, Arnold announced that he would not seek re-election.
In November 2018, Arnold was nominated to Indiana's Motor Vehicles Sales Advisory Board and was sworn in on December 13, 2018.
References
External links
State Senator Jim Arnold''official Indiana State Legislature site''
Democratic Party Indiana state senators
Living people
Valparaiso University alumni
21st-century American politicians
1950 births
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