John Spencer Hawks (born 1983) is the former
Republican state representative
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for District 70, which includes portions of
Faulkner
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and
Perry counties in central
Arkansas.
Life and career
Hawks is a graduate of
Greenbrier High School in
Greenbrier, Arkansas. He obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration at
Central Baptist College in
Conway,
Arkansas. Hawks served on four committees: (1) Legislative Joint Energy Committee (2) Legislative Joint Audit Committee (3) House City, County, and Local Affairs Committee (4) House Judiciary Committee. Hawks served as the Secretary for the Arkansas Republican House Caucus and the co-chair for the Freshman Caucus. He resides in
Conway in Faulkner County.
First elected in 2018, when he replaced the
Republican Representative
David Meeks
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, Hawks won reelection to his second legislative term in the
general election
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held on November 6, 2020. With 13,256 votes (100 percent), he did not have an opponent.
Hawks challenged incumbent State Senator
Mark Johnson for State Senate in the Arkansas 2022 midterm Republican primary election. The senate district represents parts of
Pulaski County and
Faulkner County
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. Hawks lost to Johnson with 45.7% of the 10,271 votes cast.
References
External links
Spencer Hawks at ballotpedia.org
Living people
Republican Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
1983 births
People from Conway, Arkansas
21st-century American legislators
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