Stephanie Flowers

Stephanie Anne Flowers
Member of the Arkansas Senate
from the 25th[1] district
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 (1953-08-08) August 8, 1953
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 August 8, 1953 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas)[2] 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 primary with 4,718 votes (58.5 percent) against fellow 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. ↑ 91st Arkansas General Assembly Legislative Directory
  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.


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