Mary Bentley (Arkansas politician)
| Mary Elizabeth Bentley | |
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| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 73rd district |
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Assumed office January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | John Catlett |
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| Born | December 26, 1961 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Ted Alan Bentley |
| Children | Three children |
| Residence |
Perryville, Perry County Arkansas, USA |
| Alma mater | Harding University |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
Mary Elizabeth Bentley (born December 26, 1961) is a businesswoman from Perryville, Arkansas, who is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 73, which encompasses parts of Yell, Pope, Perry, and Conway counties in the central portion of her state.
Bentley's place of birth, names of parents, and high school are missing. She holds a nursing degree from the Church of Christ-affiliated Harding College in Searcy in White County, Arkansas. A former registered nurse at Arkansas Children's Hospital in the capital city of Little Rock, Bentley, with her husband, has been, since 1983, the owner of Bentley Plastics in Perryville.
She filed for divorce from her husband after filing an order of protection against him. He was arrested in January 2018 for violating the protection order. She was also accused of making veiled threats to a Game and Fish Officer after her husband was caught on video illegally baiting wildlife in the Ouachita National Forest near their home.
She is a member of New Life Fellowship Church, a contemporary Southern Baptist rural congregation near Perryville. She and her husband, Ted Alan Bentley (born c. 1956), have three children.
She ran without opposition in the Republican primary held on May 20, 2014, for the District 73 nomination to the state House. In the November 4 general election, she unseated the two-term Democrat John Catlett by 196 votes, 3,588 (51.4 percent) to 3,392 (48.6 percent), in an election year highly favorable in Arkansas to her party. In the 2012 general election, Catlett had defeated Bentley to gain his second term in the office.
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