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Stanley Jason Rapert (born 1972) is an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Rapert has served since 2011 in the Arkansas State Senate.

Early life

Rapert was reared in far northeastern Arkansas near the rural community of Supply on a small family farm. He attended school in Maynard in Randolph County and was active in basketball and academics. He was elected to serve as president of his class every year from the seventh through the twelfth grades, president of the Maynard High School Student Council, which he helped to reorganize, and the president of the Maynard chapter of the Future Farmers of America.

In 1990, Rapert married Laurie Ellen Tyler from Pocahontas, the county seat of Randolph County. The couple moved to Conway, where they both attended the University of Central Arkansas, where he majored in Political Science and Sociology. He worked for United Parcel Service to earn money while attending college.

Political career

Rapert was elected to the Arkansas State Senate, representing the 18th district, in 2010. He became the first Republican elected to the Senate from District 18 since the end of the American Civil War. As a result of decennial redistricting, Rapert ran for reelection in the 35th district in 2012, when he defeated Democrat Linda Tyler. Rapert sponsored a bill to ban all abortions in Arkansas after twelve weeks of pregnancy. A federal judge stopped the law from being implemented, saying it was likely unconstitutional.

Rapert is an executive officer and Treasurer of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators, a member of the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the Gideons International, and Rotary International.

In the general election held on November 4, 2014, Rapert won a four-year term in the state Senate by defeating the Democrat Joel Pearson, 13,483 votes (57 percent) to 10,267 (43 percent).

In February 2015, Rapert stated that the United States should use strategic nuclear-tipped "bunker buster" bombs, which are nuclear weapons, in response to the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Rapert is the founder and president of Holy Ghost Ministries, and he makes missionary visits to Ghana on a yearly basis.

References

1. Cite error: The named reference suntimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
2. "Republican Rapert wins heated Arkansas Senate race - FOX16.com Little Rock, AR". Fox16.com. November 7, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
3. Eckholm, Erik (May 17, 2013). "Abortion Law in Arkansas Is Blocked by U.S. Judge". The New York Times.
4. "Biography of the Honorable Jason Rapert, Arkansas State Senator" (PDF). arkleg.state.ar.us. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
5. "Arkansas 2014 general election results". thv11.com. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
6. "Jason Rapert Wants To Nuke ISIS". Esquire. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

External links

• Official page at the Arkansas General Assembly
• Campaign site
• Profile at Vote Smart

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• 1972 births
• Living people
• Arkansas Republicans
• Arkansas State Senators
• University of Central Arkansas alumni
• People from Randolph County, Arkansas
• People from Perry County, Arkansas