Jeremy Young Hutchinson (born March 4, 1974) is a Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate for District 33 in the capital city of Little Rock, Arkansas. He formerly served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from two different districts in Pulaski County.
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Political career
In March 2000, he was first elected at the age of twenty-six as the then youngest member of the Arkansas House. Hutchinson was subsequently re-elected three times and served on the House Judiciary and Insurance and Commerce committees. He was the vice-chair of the Joint Energy Committee and the assistant minority leader from 2002 to 2004.
In November 2004, Jeremy Hutchinson's identical twin brother, Timothy Chad Hutchinson, was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives from another district. This marked the first time that twins had served together in the Arkansas legislature. Jeremy and Timothy are the sons of former U.S. Senator Tim Hutchinson and nephews of former Congressman and former Undersecretary of Homeland Security, and current Governor Asa Hutchinson. Jeremy Hutchinson was named to Arkansas Business' 40 under 40 in 2002. He serves on the board of the Arkansas Council on Economic Education.
On August 4, 2009, Hutchinson announced his intent to run for the Arkansas State Senate. On May 18, 2010, he defeated Dan Greenberg, son of the columnist Paul Greenberg, in the Republican primary, 58 to 42 percent. On November 2, 2010, Hutchinson defeated Democrat nominee Dawn Creekmore to claim the District 22 Senate seat.
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Family and personal life
In 2007, Hutchinson's mother, Donna Jean King Hutchinson of Bella Vista, Arkansas, the divorced first wife of former Senator Tim Hutchinson, began serving in the state House from District 98 in Benton County. Donna Hutchinson was term-limited and ineligible to seek a fourth two-year term in the House in 2012.
Hutchinson is a nephew by marriage of former State Senator Kim Hendren of Gravette in Benton County, who was an unsuccessful Republican primary candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010. Hendren returned to the Arkansas Legislature in 2014, elected to State House district 92 from Benton County. Kim Hendren's son, Jim Hendren of Benton County, is a state Senate colleague of his cousin, Jeremy.
In 2013, Hutchinson participated in "active shooter" training and mistakenly shot a teacher who was confronting a so-called "bad guy". The experience gave Hutchinson "some pause" but failed to shake his confidence in the training plan.
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