Andy Joseph Mayberry | |
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Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 27th district |
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In office January 2011 – January 2015 |
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Preceded by | Dawn Creekmore |
Succeeded by | Julie Mayberry |
Personal details | |
Born |
Pine Bluff, Jefferson County Arkansas, USA |
September 21, 1970
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Julie Ann Weidner Mayberry |
Children | Four daughters |
Residence |
Reared in Sheridan |
Alma mater | Henderson State University |
Occupation | Advertising executive |
Religion | Missionary Baptist |
Reared in Sheridan
Grant County, Arkansas
Resides in Hensley
Andy Joseph Mayberry (born September 21, 1970) is a Politician and advertising executive who is a Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Saline County and Pulaski counties in central Arkansas. He authored the Arkansas law, passed over the veto of then Governor Mike Beebe, which bans abortion after twenty weeks of gestation.
In his second term in the legislature, Mayberry was an unsuccessful candidate in 2014 for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas. He lost the Republican primary election on May 20, 2014 to U.S. Representative Tim Griffin of Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. Griffin then won the lieutenant governorship in the general election.
Mayberry was succeeded in the legislature by his wife, Julie Ann Weidner Mayberry.
Mayberry was born in Pine Bluff in Jefferson County, Arkansas, and reared in Sheridan in Grant County. He graduated from Sheridan High School. He received a President's Scholarship to Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, from which he procured his Bachelor of Arts in journalism. He was named to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. He was affiliated with Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity and editor of the Henderson State student newspaper. He also worked in campus radio and was a full-time sports editor of the Arkadelphia Daily Siftings Herald.