Bill Halter
| Bill Halter | |
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| 14th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas | |
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In office January 9, 2007 – January 11, 2011 |
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| Governor | Mike Beebe |
| Preceded by | Win Rockefeller |
| Succeeded by | Mark Darr |
| Commissioner of the Social Security Administration Acting |
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In office January 21, 2001 – March 28, 2001 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Ken Apfel |
| Succeeded by | Larry Massanari (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 30, 1960 North Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education |
Stanford University (BA) St John's College, Oxford (MPhil) |
William A. Halter (born November 30, 1960) was the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to succeed the late Republican Winthrop Paul Rockefeller in 2006, defeating Republican challenger Jim Holt by a margin of 57%–43%.
Before his election as lieutenant governor, Halter served as the Deputy Commissioner (1999–2001) and Acting Commissioner (2001) of the Social Security Administration. He previously worked as a senior adviser in the Office of Management and Budget from 1993 to 1999. A native of North Little Rock, he is a graduate of Stanford University and Oxford University.
He unsuccessfully challenged two-term incumbent Blanche Lincoln for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, losing in the June 8, 2010 runoff after neither won a majority in the May primary. After the bruising primary, Lincoln lost to her Republican opponent John Boozman in the general election. Halter ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Arkansas in 2014 but dropped out, citing concerns over a divisive primary hurting Democratic chances for the seat.
A fourth-generation Arkansan, Halter was born and raised in North Little Rock. He graduated from Little Rock Catholic High School as valedictorian of his class in 1979.
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