Photo: Michelle (L) and Jim Bob Duggar of The Learning Channel TV show “19 Kids and Counting” speak at the Values Voter Summit on Sept. 17, 2010 in Washington, DC. The annual summit drew nearly two thousand people to advocate for conservative causes. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
One day after Republican Lance Eads announced his resignation from the Arkansas Senate to take a lobbying role, Jim Bob Duggar has announced his candidacy for the vacated seat. The seat for Senate District 7 includes Springdale, Johnson, Goshen and Elkins.
KARK reports Duggar, a Republican born in Springdale, previously served in the Arkansas House of Representatives for four years (1999-2002).
He is best known for his family’s TLC reality television show, 19 Kids and Counting.
“I’m running for State Senate because these are unprecedented times in our nation,” Jim Bob Duggar said in a social media post announcing his candidacy. “Out-of-control bureaucrats have put politics over common-sense policy with government mandates that force people to choose between earning a paycheck and violating their personal rights and beliefs.”
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson said on Thursday that a date would be set for a special election for the District 7 seat “in the near future.”
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