Dan Sullivan is an American politician serving as a member of the

Arkansas Senate The Arkansas State Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate consists of 35 members, each representing a district with about 83,000 people. Service in the state legislature is part-time, and many state senators have ...

from the 20th district. He has served in the Arkansas General Assembly since 2015.

Education

Sullivan earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from

Arkansas State University Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osa ...

and a Master of Science in Education from

Truman State University Truman State University (TSU or Truman) is a public university in Kirksville, Missouri. It had 4,225 enrolled students in the fall of 2021 pursuing degrees in 52 undergraduate and 11 graduate programs. The university is named for U.S. Presid ...

Career

Prior to entering politics, Sullivan worked as an employee of the Behavioral Health Providers Association and CEO of Ascent Children's Health Services. He has mentioned on his social media how he worked as a coach for a central Arkansas high school, the Caraway Tigers. He also represented the 53rd district in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2015 to 2021. Sullivan was elected to the

in November 2020 and assumed office on January 11, 2021.

Controversies

In 2017, the preschool that Dan Sullivan was CEO of, Ascent Children’s Health Services, fell under fire after the death of a five year old boy. In 2023, Dan Sullivan introduced a bill which would become Arkansas Act 372, which concerned libraries and access to information for minors. This law and lawsuit garnered national attention.

References

Living people Arkansas State University alumni Truman State University alumni Republican Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives Republican Party Arkansas state senators Year of birth missing (living people) Politicians from Jonesboro, Arkansas {{Arkansas-politician-stub