Clarke Tucker

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Clarke Tucker
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Member of the Arkansas Senate
from the 14th district
(Previously 32nd District)
Assumed office
January 11, 2021
Preceded by Will Bond
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
from the 35th district
In office
January 2015 – January 2019
Preceded by John Charles Edwards
Succeeded by Andrew Collins
Personal details
Born Everett Clarke Tucker IV
(1981-01-20) January 20, 1981 (age 43)
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Toni Leigh Register
Children 2
Education Harvard University (BA)
University of Arkansas (JD)

Everett Clarke Tucker IV (born January 20, 1981)[1][2] is an American attorney and Democratic politician from Central Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019, and currently serves in the Arkansas Senate since January 2021. In 2018, he unsuccessfully challenged incumbent French Hill to represent Arkansas's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

Early life and education

Tucker was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and attended Little Rock Central High School, where he played baseball and was elected student body president. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in government from Harvard University in 2003, followed by a J.D. degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 2006, where he was the editor-in-chief of the Arkansas Law Review.[3][4][non-primary source needed]

After law school, Tucker served for two years as a clerk for Judge James Leon Holmes in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. He entered private practice at Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull in Little Rock, specializing in commercial litigation, while also teaching at the William H. Bowen School of Law as an adjunct professor.[5] Tucker was chairman of the board for the Pulaski County Imagination Library, a free book-gifting program for children from birth to age five.[6][not in citation given]

Arkansas House of Representatives

First elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 2014, Tucker represented the 35th District, which includes part of Little Rock and greater Pulaski County, until 2019.[7]

2018 U.S. House campaign

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Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas § District 2

Tucker announced his candidacy for the U.S. House in Arkansas's 2nd congressional district on February 5, 2018.[8] A cancer survivor, Tucker said that "healthcare is really the issue that pushed me into the race."[9] He secured the Democratic nomination on May 22, 2018, receiving 58% of the vote against three opponents in the primary election.[10]

Tucker raised over $500,000 in the first fundraising quarter of 2018.[11] He was included on the New Democrats PAC watch list. The PAC's watch list supports candidates with a $1,000 campaign contribution, but it does not function as a full PAC endorsement.[12] The New Democrats PAC is the political arm of the New Democrat Coalition. Tucker's sources of funds led with large individual contributions, followed by small individual contributions, and lastly, political action committee (PAC) contributions.[13] In the summer of 2018, Tucker's campaign was added to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's (DCCC) Red to Blue program. The Red to Blue program, sponsored by the campaign arm of the congressional Democrats, targeted Republican-held seats in districts won by Donald Trump in 2016 that could be considered competitive or ultimately flipped. To qualify for DCCC support, a candidate's campaign must demonstrate the capacity to surpass fundraising goals, grassroots engagement, local support, and campaign organization.[14]

Personal life

Tucker and his wife, Toni, live in Little Rock with their two children.[15][16] Tucker was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2017. It was successfully treated via chemotherapy and surgery, and in late 2017 Tucker announced that he was cancer-free.[17][18]

References

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External links

Preceded by
(redistricted)
 Arkansas Senate
(District 14)

Clarke Tucker
January 9, 2023–

 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Arkansas Senate
(District 32)

Clarke Tucker
January 11, 2021–January 9, 2023

 Succeeded by
(redistricted)
Preceded by Chair of the Arkansas Democratic Party

Clarke Tucker
January 2015–January 2019

 Succeeded by
Andrew Collins
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