Leslie Verl "Skip" Carnine | |
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Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 90th district |
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In office January 2013 – January 2015 |
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Preceded by | David Branscum (transferred to District 83) |
Succeeded by | Jana Della Rosa |
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 94th district |
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In office 2009–2013 |
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Preceded by | Eric Harris |
Succeeded by | Debra Hobbs |
Personal details | |
Born | 1941 |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Linda Carnine |
Children | Two children |
Residence |
Rogers, Benton County Arkansas, USA |
Alma mater |
(1) Storm Lake High School (Iowa) |
Occupation | Retired educator |
Religion | Presbyterian |
(1) Storm Lake High School (Iowa)
(2) Buena Vista University
(3) Central Missouri State University
Leslie Verl Carnine, known as Skip Carnine (born 1941), is a retired educator from Rogers in Benton County in northwestern Arkansas, who is a term-limited Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. District 90, which he had last represented from 2013 to 2015, includes part of Benton County. From 2009 to 2013, he represented District 94.
Carnine graduated from Storm Lake High School, and he earned a bachelor's degree from Buena Vista University, both in Storm Lake in Buena Vista County in northwestern Iowa. He procured a master's degree from Central Missouri State University, now the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri, and a Ph.D. in education from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
He is a former "Arkansas Superintendent of the Year" and a former trustee of the Northwest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville. He is affiliated with Rotary International. He and his wife, Linda Jo Carnine (born 1944), attend the Presbyterian Church. The couple has two grown children and as of 2013 six grandchildren.