Jack Ladyman

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Jack Ladyman
Image of Jack Ladyman
Arkansas House of Representatives District 32
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Arkansas House of Representatives District 59
Successor: Jim Wooten

Compensation

Base salary

$44,356/year

Per diem

For legislators residing within 50 miles of the capitol: $59/day. For legislators residing more than 50 miles from the capitol: $166/day.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Personal
Profession
Engineer
Contact

Jack Ladyman (Republican Party) is a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing District 32. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Ladyman (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Arkansas House of Representatives to represent District 32. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Jack Ladyman lives in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Ladyman earned an associate degree from Williams Baptist College and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. His career experience includes working as an engineer with Nordex and an environmental, health, and safety manager with GE Contractual Services. He has served as the president of Corning Jaycees, the vice president of Arkansas Jaycees, and the co-chair of the Craighead County Emergency Response Preparedness Committee.[1][2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Ladyman was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Ladyman was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Ladyman was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Arkansas committee assignments, 2017
Public Health, Welfare and Labor
State Agencies and Governmental Affairs, Vice chair
Joint Budget
Joint Budget
Joint Energy
Joint Energy

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Ladyman served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 32

Incumbent Jack Ladyman defeated David McAvoy and Eric McGee in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 32 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jack Ladyman
Jack Ladyman (R)
 
58.6
 
5,510
David McAvoy (D) Candidate Connection
 
38.1
 
3,585
Image of Eric McGee
Eric McGee (L)
 
3.3
 
306

Total votes: 9,401
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 32

David McAvoy advanced from the Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 32 on March 5, 2024.


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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 32

Incumbent Jack Ladyman defeated Brandt Smith in the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 32 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jack Ladyman
Jack Ladyman
 
54.2
 
947
Image of Brandt Smith
Brandt Smith
 
45.8
 
801

Total votes: 1,748
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Arkansas House of Representatives District 32

Eric McGee advanced from the Libertarian convention for Arkansas House of Representatives District 32 on February 25, 2024.

Candidate
Image of Eric McGee
Eric McGee (L)

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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 32

Incumbent Jack Ladyman defeated Eric McGee in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 32 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jack Ladyman
Jack Ladyman (R)
 
65.5
 
4,643
Image of Eric McGee
Eric McGee (L)
 
34.5
 
2,446

Total votes: 7,089
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 32

Incumbent Jack Ladyman defeated Tom Elwood in the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 32 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jack Ladyman
Jack Ladyman
 
70.8
 
1,655
Image of Tom Elwood
Tom Elwood
 
29.2
 
681

Total votes: 2,336
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Arkansas House of Representatives District 32

Eric McGee advanced from the Libertarian convention for Arkansas House of Representatives District 32 on February 20, 2022.

Candidate
Image of Eric McGee
Eric McGee (L)

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2020

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 59

Incumbent Jack Ladyman defeated Reginald Prunty in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 59 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jack Ladyman
Jack Ladyman (R)
 
66.1
 
6,244
Reginald Prunty (D)
 
33.9
 
3,196

Total votes: 9,440
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Reginald Prunty advanced from the Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 59.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jack Ladyman advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 59.

2018

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Jack Ladyman won election in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 59.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 59

Incumbent Jack Ladyman advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 59 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
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Jack Ladyman

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2016

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Ballotpedia's analysis revealed that only 42 of the 100 seats up for election in 2016 involved competition between Democrats and Republicans. This made it numerically impossible for Democrats to take control of either Arkansas legislative chamber in 2016.

The reason for the low competition was that candidates were in safe districts for their parties. Between 1972 and 2014, an upward trend in uncontested state legislative elections occurred.

The Democratic Party of Arkansas focused its 2016 efforts on the state’s House of Representatives. Without the numbers to win the state Senate, H.L. Moody, communications director for the Democratic Party of Arkansas, told Ballotpedia that the party’s goal was to “start building back where we can,” beginning with the House.

Ballotpedia spoke to political analyst Richard Winger, who said that the early primary deadline for the 2016 elections was a possible factor as well, making it difficult for Democrats to recruit candidates early.

The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing period began at noon local time on November 2, 2015, and ended at noon local time on November 9, 2015.[3]

Incumbent Jack Ladyman ran unopposed in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 59 general election.[4]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 59 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jack Ladyman Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State



Incumbent Jack Ladyman ran unopposed in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 59 Republican Primary.[5][6]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 59 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jack Ladyman Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Arkansas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014; a runoff election took place where necessary on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 3, 2014. Ron Carroll was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Jack Ladyman was unopposed in the Republican primary. Carroll was defeated by Ladyman in the general election.[7][8]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 59 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJack Ladyman 55.7% 3,581
     Democratic Ron Carroll 44.3% 2,844
Total Votes 6,425

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Jack Ladyman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Jack Ladyman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Ladyman's website emphasized the following campaign themes:[9]

  • I will promote Northeast Arkansas, Craighead County and Jonesboro throughout the state. Craighhead County is one of the stronger economic regions of the state and our story needs to be told.
  • I choose to be positive and work to improve conditions and not be negative or pessimistic on the issues.
  • I am Pro-life and opposed to abortion.
  • I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I oppose gay marriage.
  • I oppose the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and the Private Option. I think there are better solutions to issues confronting our health care system.
  • I am opposed to new taxes and prefer to let people invest their money in our communities the way they wish.
  • I believe local control of government is much better that a one plan fits all government in Little Rock and Washington DC.
  • I support our military and our veterans. My father served in World War II and my brother served in Vietnam. I believe we should take care of our military who fought to obtain and protect our freedom.
  • I am for creating good paying jobs in Northeast Arkansas that will be there for our children and grandchildren. This can be done by reducing the regulatory burden on large and small businesses and providing infrastructure to all businesses to prosper.[10]

Campaign finance summary


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Jack Ladyman campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Arkansas House of Representatives District 32Won general$46,606 $18,230
2022Arkansas House of Representatives District 32Won general$46,906 $55,627
2020Arkansas House of Representatives District 59Won general$57,114 N/A**
2018Arkansas House of Representatives District 59Won general$14,075 N/A**
2016Arkansas House of Representatives, District 59Won $14,325 N/A**
2014Arkansas State House, District 59Won $35,610 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Ashley Hudson (D)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 32
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
Arkansas House of Representatives District 59
2015-2023
Succeeded by
Jim Wooten (R)


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