Justin Boyd is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member for the 27th district of the Arkansas Senate. He also served as a member for the 77th 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

Boyd attended the

University of Arkansas–Fort Smith The University of Arkansas–Fort Smith (UAFS) is a 4-year, public university in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Part of the University of Arkansas System, UAFS is the sixth-largest university in Arkansas with a fall 2020 enrollment of approximately 6,50 ...

, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy and

Sam M. Walton College of Business The Sam M. Walton College of Business (often known as Walton College or abbreviated WCOB on campus) is the business college at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Created in 1926, the college is the second-largest college at the ...

. In 2015, Boyd was elected to represent the 77th district of the

, succeeding Stephanie Malone. He served until 2022, when he sought election to the Arkansas Senate. In May 2022, Boyd defeated Kelly Procter Pierce in the Republican primary election for the 27th district of the Arkansas Senate. In November 2022, he defeated Becky Ward in the

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, winning 63 percent of the votes. He assumed office in the 94th Arkansas General Assembly on January 9, 2023.

References

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 University of Arkansas–Fort Smith alumni Sam M. Walton College of Business alumni {{Arkansas-politician-stub