Shane Broadway (born August 30, 1972) is a former Democratic state legislator, serving in the

Arkansas General Assembly The General Assembly of Arkansas is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of the upper house Arkansas Senate with 35 members, and the lower Arkansas House of Representatives with 100 ...

from 1997 to 2011 with a focus on education policy. Following an unsuccessful bid for Arkansas Lieutenant Governor in 2010, Broadway served as interim director of the

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, and is currently the Vice President for University Relations at the

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in Little Rock.

Personal life and education

Broadway was born in Benton to parents Charles and Bertha Broadway on August 30, 1972. He attended Bryant High School in

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, graduating in 1990. He attended

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in Jonesboro, graduating with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1994 and receiving the

Robert E. Lee Wilson Robert Edward Lee Wilson (March 5, 1865 – September 27, 1933) was the creator and owner of Lee Wilson and Company, a group of large cotton plantations in the American South, plantations in Mississippi County, Arkansas. Acquiring much of his f ...

Award and the Distinguished Service Award. Broadway married the former Debbie Tableriou in a ceremony at the

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in March 1996.

Career

Politics

Broadway was elected to the

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in 1996, serving until 2002. He became Speaker of the Arkansas House during his tenure. Broadway was elected to the

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in 2002 and was re-elected in 2006. In 2010, Broadway ran for

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, but lost by two points to

Mark Darr Mark A. Darr (born July 3, 1973) is an American politician from Springdale, Arkansas, who was his state's 19th lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2014. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2010 to succeed Democrat Bill Halter. T ...

. Broadway was endorsed by

Mike Beebe Mickey Dale Beebe ( ; born December 28, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Born in Amagon, Arkansas, Beebe is a graduate of Arkansa ...

, who won reelection in the

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Education

Beebe appointed Broadway as director of the

a few months later. The Republican legislature objected to Broadway's nomination as he didn't meet the requirement as "an experienced educator in the field of higher education" according to the law. Broadway's successor in the Senate, Jeremy Hutchinson, unsuccessfully sought to change the requirement to allow Broadway to fill the post. Broadway remained interim director until taking a position with the

in 2013. The requirement was later changed when

Asa Hutchinson William Asa Hutchinson II (, '' AY-sə''; born December 3, 1950) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who is the 46th and current governor of Arkansas. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. attorney for the Fort Smit ...

nominated Johnny Key, who also lacked experience as an educator, in 2015.

References

External links

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