Johnny Key (politician)
| Johnny R. Key | |
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| Member of the Arkansas Senate from the 17th district |
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In office 2013–2015 |
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| Preceded by | James Luker |
| Succeeded by | Scott Flippo |
| Member of the Arkansas Senate from the 1st district |
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In office 2009–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Shawn Womack |
| Succeeded by | Bart Hester |
| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 81st district |
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In office 2003–2009 |
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| Succeeded by | Karen Hopper |
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December 9, 1968 Arkadelphia, Clark County Arkansas, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Shannon L. Key |
| Children | Ryan and Rachel Key |
| Residence |
Mountain Home Baxter County, Arkansas |
| Alma mater | University of Arkansas |
| Occupation | Engineer and businessman |
Johnny R. Key (born December 9, 1968), is an engineer and the owner of two outlets of the Open Arms Learning Center, Inc., in Mountain Home in Baxter County in northwestern Arkansas, who is a Republican former member of the Arkansas State Senate. His District 17 includes all of Baxter and Marion counties and the eastern half of Boone County.
Key was term-limited and ineligible to seek reelection in 2014. He was named education commissioner in the administration of Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson, despite the fact that it was illegal at the time because Key was unqualified. Hutchinson used his influence as new governor to get the legislature to change the law that required the education commissioner to have a background in education.
Since becoming education commissioner, Key has done everything in his power to further the agenda of for-profit charter schools in the state and to cripple the Little Rock School District.
A native of Arkadelphia in South Arkansas, Key graduated in 1986 from rural Gurdon High School in Gurdon in Clark County. In 1991, he obtained a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
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