Minority Leader, Arkansas State Senate, 2023-present

Senator, Arkansas State Senate, District 4, 2019-2023

Senator, Arkansas State Senate, District 30, 2023-Present

Representative, Arkansas State House of Representatives, District 86, 2010-2019

Minority Leader, Arkansas State House of Representatives, 2012-2015

Member, Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee

Member, Arkansas Legislative Council

Member, Arkansas Legislative Council - Hospital and Medicaid Joint Study Subcommittee

Member, Children and Youth Committee

Member, Education Committee

Member, Joint Budget Committee

Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs

Member, Joint Subcommittee on Higher Education

Member, Joint Subcommittee on Highway Commission Review and Advisory

Member, Joint Subcommittee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) (Arkansas Legislative Council)

Member, Joint Subcommittee on Review

Member, Subcommittee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) (Joint Budget)

Former Member, Aging, Children And Youth, Legislative And Military Affairs, Arkansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Arkansas Legislative Council, Arkansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, City, County, and Local Affairs Committee, Arkansas State Senate

Former Member, Data-Sharing and Data-Driven Decision-Making Task Force, Arkansas State Senate

Former Member, Education Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives

Former Member, Efficiency Committee, Arkansas State Senate

Former Member, Girls State Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Insurance and Commerce Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Girls State Committee, Arkansas State Senate

Former Member, Joint Subcommittee on Claims, Arkansas State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Arkansas State Senate

Former Member, Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Retirement and Social Security Programs Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Revenue and Taxation Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Aging, Arkansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Arkansas State House of Representatives

Former Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Arkansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Hospital and Medicaid Study, Arkansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Income Taxes-Personal and Corporate, Arkansas State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Insurance, Arkansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Lottery Oversight, Arkansas State House of Representatives

Member, Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee, Arkansas State Senate, 2023-Present

Member, Children and Youth Committee, Arkansas State Senate, 2023-Present

Member, Education Committee, Arkansas State Senate, 2023-Present

Founder, The Heavy Favorites, 2012-present

Graphic/Web Designer, Fayetteville Public Schools, 2008-2010

Chair, Arkansas Chapter, Democratic Coalition Against Trump, 2016-present

Next Generation Facilitator, National Institute for Civil Discourse, 2015-present

Member, Board of Directors, Hope Cancer Resources Foundation, present

Member, Executive Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, present

Member, Task Force on Veterans and Military Affairs, National Conference of State Legislatures, present

Awards:

2011 Champion Legislator, Citizens First Congress

2016 Presidential Award, AGATE
2015 Community Health Center Champion, Community Clinic of NWA
2015 Outstanding State Legislator, Arkansas State Employees Association
2015 Arkansas State Firefighters Association Legislative Chair Award
2015 Kids Count Legislative Leadership Award for Family Economic Security
2015 Kids Count Legislative Leadership Award for Juvenile Justice

2011 Community Distinction Award, Arkansas Support Network

2011 Robert Putnam Social Capital Award, Living Liberally

2013 Elected Public Official of the Year, NASW (Arkansas Chapter)

2011 Kids Count Rising Star Award, Arkansas Kids Count Coalition

2013 Champion Legislator, Public Policy Panel

2013 Prophetic Leader Award, NWA Workers' Justice Center

2013 Champion of Advanced Energy, AAEA

2013 Distinguished Legislator, AARP Arkansas

2014 John Logan Burrow Democratic Leadership Award, Washington County Democrats

2013 Smoke-Free Advocate of the Year, NWA Tobacco-Free Coalition

2013 Distinguished Legislator, Arkansas Municipal League

Favorite Book:

Books by Robert Caro, William Goldman, Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, John Le Carre, Elmore Leonard, Cormac McCarthy, Chuck Palahniuk, Kurt Vonnegut

Favorite Quote:

"In war, morale is to the material as three to one." - Napoleon

"Fortune favors the bold."

"Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity." - Clausewitz

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Running, Hiking