Joshua P. Bryant is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member for the 32nd district of the Arkansas Senate. He also served as a member for the 96th district of 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 ...

Life and career

Bryant was a

justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

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 ...

. In 2021, Bryant was elected to represent the 96th district of the

, succeeding Jill Bryant. He served until 2022, when he sought election to the Arkansas Senate. Longtime senator Cecile Bledsoe retired from the 3rd district, which had been renumbered to the 32nd district during redistricting. In May 2022, Bryant defeated Jim Tull in the Republican primary election for the 32nd district of the Arkansas Senate. No candidate was nominated to challenge him in the

general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

. He was seated January 9, 2023 in the 94th Arkansas General Assembly.

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Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Republican Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives Republican Party Arkansas state senators 21st-century American legislators {{Arkansas-politician-stub