David Branscum
| David Lawdon Branscum | |
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| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 90th district |
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In office 2011–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Roy Ragland |
| Succeeded by | Skip Carnine |
| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 83rd district |
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Assumed office 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Leslee Milam Post |
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| Born | 1958 Marshall, Searcy County Arkansas, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Judith Ann Branscum (married 1982) |
| Children | Five sons |
| Residence | Marshall, Arkansas |
| Alma mater | University of Arkansas |
| Occupation | Businessman: Lumber and Cattle |
David Lawdon Branscum (born 1958) is a lumberman and cattleman in his native Marshall in Searcy County in northwestern Arkansas, who is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. His reconfigured District 83, which he has represented since 2013, includes parts of Searcy, Newton, Pope, and White counties. From 2011 to 2013, he represented District 90, now held by the Republican Skip Carnine of Rogers in Benton County.
He graduated in 1977 from Marshall High School and thereafter procured bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics in 1982 from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
He is the president of Branscum and Harness Lumber, Inc. a hardwood sawmill company located in Marshall, and he owns and operates Branscum Farms, a commercial cattle farm.
Branscum and his wife, Judith Ann Branscum (also born 1958), have five sons. They are members of the First Baptist Church of Marshall, a Southern Baptist congregation.
From 1997 to 2010, Branscum served on the Searcy County School Board, including three terms as the president.
In 2010, Branscum won the District 90 House seat vacated by the term-limited Republican Roy Ragland by defeating the Democrat Mark Hamilton Swaney (born 1953) of Huntsville in Madison County, 7,253 (75.2 percent) to 2,394 (24.8 percent).
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