April Michelle Gray | |
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Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 62nd district |
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Assumed office January 2015 |
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Preceded by | Tommy Wren |
Personal details | |
Born | September 1976 Izard County, Arkansas, USA |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) |
(1) Shane Madison Cunningham (2) Dr. Adam Christopher Gray |
Children | Five children |
Residence | Melbourne, Izard County |
Alma mater | Arkansas State University |
Occupation | Businesswoman |
Religion | Baptist |
(1) Shane Madison Cunningham
April Michelle Harvey Gray, formerly Michelle Cunningham, known as Michelle Gray (born September 1976), is the manager of her husband's medical practice office in Melbourne in her native Izard County, Arkansas and a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Independence, Izard, Sharp, and Stone counties in the northeastern portion of her state.
Gray graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Arkansas State University at Jonesboro. She formerly worked in the accounting offices of both ASU and Ozarka College, a community college, in Melbourne. She and her husband, Dr. Adam Christopher Gray (born c. 1971), have five children. She is a Baptist. She is a former secretary and treasurer for the Izard County Emergency Services Board. She has also been the treasurer of the Single Parent Scholarship Foundation in Izard County.
Gray formerly resided in Walnut Ridge in Lawrence County, Arkansas, dates unavailable.
Gray ran without opposition in the Republican primary held on May 20, 2014, for the District 62 nomination to the state House. In the November 4 general election she unseated the two-term Democrat Tommy Wren, 5,130 votes (54.3 percent) to 4,319 (45.7 percent). Representative Gray holds these committee assignments: (1) Legislative Joint Audit (2) Judiciary Committee, and (3) State Agencies and Governmental Affairs. In February 2015, Gray joined dozens of her fellow Republicans and two Democrats in co-sponsoring legislation submitted by Representative Lane Jean of Magnolia, to reduce unemployment compensation benefits. The measure was promptly signed into law by Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson.