Stephanie Flowers

Stephanie Anne Flowers
Member of the Arkansas Senate from the 25th[1] district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 14, 2013
Preceded by	Gene Jeffress
Member of the Arkansas Senate from the 5th district
In office January 2011 – January 14, 2013
Preceded by	Hank Wilkins
Succeeded by	Bryan King
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 17th district
In office January 2005 – January 2011
Preceded by	Calvin Johnson
Succeeded by	Hank Wilkins
Personal details
Born	Pine Bluff, Jefferson County Arkansas, USA
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Alma mater	Philander Smith College Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Profession	Attorney

For the state representative from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, see Vivian Flowers.

Stephanie Anne Flowers (born c. 1953^[2] in Pine Bluff, Arkansas) is an African-American attorney and Democratic politician, serving since 2011 in the Arkansas State Senate.^[3] Flowers started in politics when elected in 2004 to the District 17 seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives.

Flowers graduated from Philander Smith College in Little Rock and the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, then known as Texas Southern University School of Law, in Houston, Texas. She became active in politics after returning to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where she joined the Democratic Party and established a private law practice.

Elections

• 2004 Initially in State House District 17; Flowers won the 2004 Democratic primary and ran unopposed for the November 2, 2004 general election.
• 2006 Flowers was unopposed for both the 2006 Democratic primary and the November 7 general election.
• 2008 Flowers was unopposed for both the May 20, 2008 primary and the November 4 general election.

• 2010 With District 5 Senator Hank Wilkins running for the House District 17 seat, Flowers ran for the open District 5 State Senate seat, won the May 18, 2010 Democratic primary with 4,798 votes (56.2 percent)^[4] and was unopposed for the November 2, 2010 general election.

• 2012 Redistricted to District 25. Following the retirement of state Senator Percy Malone, Flowers won the May 22, 2012 Democratic priamry with 4,718 votes (58.5 percent) against fellow African-American state Representative Efrem Elliott.^[5] She swept the November 6, 2012 general election with 19,955 votes (82.8 percent) against Libertarian candidate David Dinwiddie.^[6]

References

1. "Senator Stephanie Flowers (D)". Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas General Assembly. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
2. "Stephanie Anne Flowers". intelius.com. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
3. "Stephanie Flowers' Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
4. "2010 Preferential Primary Election". Little Rock, Arkansas: Secretary of State of Arkansas. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
5. "Arkansas State Primary Election May 22, 2012". Little Rock, Arkansas: Secretary of State of Arkansas. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
6. "Arkansas State General Election November 6, 2012". Little Rock, Arkansas: Secretary of State of Arkansas. Retrieved April 21, 2014.

External links

• "Stephanie Flowers" Official page, Arkansas General Assembly
• Profile at Project Vote Smart
• Stephanie Flowers, Ballotpedia
• Stephanie Flowers, National Institute on Money in State Politics