DeAnn Vaught

DeAnn Vaught REPRepublican

State Representative, District 87

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DeAnn VaughtREPRepublican State Representative, District 87
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DeAnn Kay Vaught (born 1970) is a farmer from Horatio, Arkansas, who is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 87. Vaught graduated from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia. She is affiliated with the Farm Bureau Federation. She and her husband, Jon, reside in Horatio with their three children. She is a Baptist. In 2014, she unseated Democrat Fonda Hawthorne of Ashdown, winning 59 to 41 percent. Vaught sat on the Select Committee for Rules, the committee on Aging, Children and Youth Legislative and Military Affairs, the committee for Revenue and Taxation, and the committee for Legislative Joint Auditory Commerce.

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Education3 - 3 of 1
Southern Arkansas University
BS Agriculture Business
1988 - 1991
Past Positions1 - 3 of 3
Representative
Arkansas State House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Representative
Arkansas State House of Representatives
2014 - 2023
Assistant Speaker pro tempore
Arkansas State House of Representatives
Other Experience1 - 29 of 29
Member
Farm Bureau
Current
Member
Pork Producers
Current
Member
Task Force on Substance Abuse Treatment Services
Chair
Rules Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Member
Education Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Former Chair
Management Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Chair
Legislative Facilities Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Chair
Subcommittee on State Agencies, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Chair
Legislative Printing Requirements and Specifications Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Co-Chair
Joint Committee on Legislative Auditing, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Insurance, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Joint Subcommittee on Lottery Oversight, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Joint Subcommittee on Claims, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Joint Subcommittee on Policy Making, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Joint Budget Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Insurance and Commerce Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on K-12, Vocational-Technical Institutions, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Utilities, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Joint Subcommittee on Charitable, Penal, and Correctional Institutions, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Governor's Emergency Fund Joint Review Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Joint Committee on Legislative Facilities, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission Oversight Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Executive Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Income Taxes-Personal and Corporate, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Revenue and Taxation Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Aging, Children And Youth, Legislative And Military Affairs Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
Energy Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair
Joint Girls State Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
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