Jim Keet
| Jim Keet | |
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| Member of the Arkansas Senate from the 15th district |
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In office January 1993 – January 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Jim Argue |
| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 58th district |
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In office January 1989 – January 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Dana Moreland |
| Succeeded by | Paul Doramus |
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May 12, 1949 Springfield, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Osborn |
| Children | James Chase Jake Cassie |
| Alma mater | Southern Methodist University |
| Religion | United Methodism |
James Holland "Jim" Keet (born May 12, 1949), is a restaurant owner in Little Rock, Arkansas, a former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives and the Arkansas State Senate. Keet was the Republican nominee for governor of Arkansas in the November 2, 2010, gubernatorial election, but lost the race to incumbent Democratic Governor Mike Beebe.
Keet was born in Springfield in Green County, Missouri. He graduated in 1971 from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He was student president for the college of business. Keet has been in the restaurant business for nearly four decades. In 1975, he joined Gerald Hamra to bring the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers to Arkansas. Thereafter, the company developed, owned, and operated twenty-seven Wendy's and Sisters' restaurants in Arkansas and Texas, with more than 1,200 employees. Keet is now the president of the Taziki's Mediterranean Café restaurant chain, specializing in Greek cuisine, in the Heights section of Little Rock and the former president and chief executive officer of Barnhill's Buffet. He and his wife, the former Margaret Osborn (born ca. 1950), have four children and two grandchildren.
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