Jim Lendall is an American

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, activist, and

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. Lendall was the 2010

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candidate for

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. Lendall, a former State Representative, from

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was elected to four terms in the state legislature as both a

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and an

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. Lendall finished fourth in the 2006 governors race with 12,593 votes for 1.7% of the total vote.

Early life and education

James Lendall was born in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1947. Lendall served in the

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from 1969 to 1971. He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and history in 1974 and

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with a Bachelor of Science in nursing in 1985. He has worked at

and is currently a registered nurse at

Arkansas Children's Hospital Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) is a pediatric hospital with a Level I trauma center in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is among the largest in the United States, serving infants, children, teens, and young adults from birth to age 21. ACH is affil ...

. Lendall joined the Green Party of Arkansas in 2005 and is currently one of the party's two representatives on the

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References

Jim Lendall Official Website
1947 births Living people American nurses Politicians from Little Rock, Arkansas Arkansas Democrats Arkansas Greens University of Arkansas at Little Rock alumni University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences alumni Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives People from Beverly, Massachusetts United States Army soldiers Male nurses Arkansas Independents {{Arkansas-politician-stub