Justin Todd Harris | |
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Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 87th district |
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In office 2011–2013 |
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Preceded by | Mark Martin |
Succeeded by | Jonathan Barnett |
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 81st district |
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Assumed office 2013 |
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Preceded by | Karen Hopper (transferred to District 100) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1975 Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Marsha Gail Frederick Harris (married 2000) |
Children | Three sons (current), Three daughters (former) |
Residence |
West Fork Washington County Arkansas |
Alma mater | University of Arkansas |
Occupation | Preschool owner and operator |
Religion | Assembly of God-turned-Baptist |
Justin Todd Harris (born 1975) is the owner and operator of a preschool in West Fork in Washington County in northwestern Arkansas and a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. Since 2013, he has represented District 81, which includes parts of Washington and Crawford counties. From 2011 to 2013, Harris represented District 87, a seat then switched to the since term-limited Republican Jonathan Barnett of Siloam Springs in Benton County.
A native of Muskogee in eastern Oklahoma, Harris was reared in Siloam Springs, where he graduated from Siloam Springs High School. He holds degrees in Human and Child Development and Human Environmental Science from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He is a member of the Arkansas and the Southern Early Childhood Education associations. Since 2003, he has owned Growing God's Kingdom Preschool in West Fork. From 2000 to 2003, he was director of the Living Faith Preschool. For some two years in the late 1990s, he was a merchandising assistant for JCPenney.
Since 2009, Harris has been a member of both the Washington County Republican Party and the Tea Party movement. He considers Ronald W. Reagan his favorite U.S. President.