Cecile Bledsoe
| Cecile Herndon Bledsoe | |
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| Member of the Arkansas Senate from the 3rd district |
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Assumed office 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ruth R. Whitaker |
| Member of the Arkansas Senate from the 8th district |
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In office January 12, 2009 – January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Dave Bisbee |
| Succeeded by | Jake Files |
| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 95th district |
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In office January 13, 2003 – January 10, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Steven B. Jones |
| Succeeded by | Timothy Chad Hutchinson |
| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 23rd district |
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In office January 11, 1999 – January 13, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Dave Bisbee |
| Succeeded by | Chris Thomason |
| Personal details | |
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June 26, 1944 Lyons, Toombs County Georgia |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | James Harper Bledsoe, M.D. |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence |
Rogers, Benton County Arkansas |
| Alma mater | University of Georgia |
| Occupation | Vice President, Surgical Clinic |
| Religion | Baptist |
Cecile Herndon Bledsoe (born June 26, 1944) is a business executive from Rogers in Benton County in northwestern Arkansas, who is a Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate, having represented District 3 since 2013. From 2009 to 2013, she represented Senate District 8. Bledsoe has also represented two different districts in the Arkansas House of Representatives, the 96th and the 23rd, with service dating back to 1999.
A native of Lyons in Toombs County in southeastern Georgia, Bledsoe is a 1968 graduate of the University of Georgia at Athens, with a degree in journalism. She is the vice president and assistant manager at a surgical clinic. Bledsoe and her husband, Dr. James Harper Bledsoe, a surgeon, have three children, Gregory Harper Bledsoe, Sam Bledsoe, and Tricia Bledsoe.
Bledsoe is a member of the Southern Legislative Conference, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). She is a former member of the Pea Ridge National Military Park Foundation and the Northwest Arkansas Agency on Aging. Bledsoe is affiliated with the Benton County Republican Women's Association and is a founding member of Grace Point Church of Northwest Arkansas, a Baptist congregation in Bentonville.
In 2010, Bledsoe, whose state Senate seat was not up for election that year, was a candidate for Arkansas's 3rd congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. She was defeated in the Republican primary by Steve Womack, then the mayor of Rogers. In the congressional race, Bledsoe carried the endorsement of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List and former Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. The U.S. House seat was vacated by the Republican John Boozman, who was instead elected to the United States Senate, having unseated the Democrat Blanche Lincoln.
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