Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Bragg | |
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Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 15th district |
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Assumed office January 2013 |
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Majority Leader of the Arkansas House of Representatives | |
In office 2015–2017 |
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Succeeded by | Mathew Pitsch |
Personal details | |
Born | 1950 Place of birth missing |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Beverly J. Bragg |
Children |
Aaron Christopher Bragg |
Residence |
Sheridan, Grant County Arkansas, USA |
Alma mater | Stephen F. Austin State University |
Occupation | Forester |
Aaron Christopher Bragg
Kenneth Wayne Bragg, known as Ken Bragg (born 1950), has been since January 2013 a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 15 in Grant County, a traditional Democratic stronghold in south Arkansas. In 2015, his colleagues named him the House Majority Leader, a position he held for two years.
Bragg is a former member of the city council in Sheridan. He is Southern Baptist.
Bragg is the son of the former Eula Mae Harrington (1918-1970) and Lawrence C. Bragg (also 1918-1970), a sergeant in World War II; the couple lived in Port Arthur, Texas, and are interred at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves, Texas. In 1972, Bragg received a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. Since that time he has been employed in the forestry industry, including a 25-year commitment to International Paper Company. In 2006, he joined Resource Management Service, in which capacity he oversees forest management activities on 300,000 acres in Arkansas. He is a member of the executive committee of the Arkansas Forestry Association.
In 2013, the Arkansas Timber Producers Association named Bragg "Legislator of the Year" for his sponsorship of legislation to eliminate the sales tax on forestry equipment, a move which the association contends will make the timber industry more competitive with its counterparts in surrounding states.
Bragg and his wife, Beverly J. Bragg (born 1951), originally from Port Arthur, Texas, have a son, Aaron Christopher Bragg (born 1977), a Certified Public Accountant in Little Rock, who in 2013 wed the assistant U.S. attorney Allison Courtney Waldrip. The Braggs also have a daughter with the married name of Peacock.