Laurie Rushing

Laurie Jeanette Rushing (born September 10, 1968) is a real estate broker from Hot Springs, Arkansas, who is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 26, which includes Garland and Hot Spring counties.

In the 2014 general election, Rushing narrowly unseated the Democratic incumbent David Kizzia, 4,369 (51.4 percent) to 4,126 (48.6 percent). ^[1] She serves on the House committees of (1) Judiciary Committee, (2), Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs, (3) Select committee for Rules, and (4) the Legislative Joint Auditing.^[2]

Rushing is heavily involved in various activities of the National Association of Realtors. She is a member of the Baptist Church. She graduated from Fountain Lake High School in Hot Springs. She and her husband, Clifford Lee Rushing, have two children, Tara R. Watts and husband, Thomas J. Watts, a second lieutenant with the United States Marine Corps, and Kevin Rushing of Little Rock.^[2] She formerly lived in Fayetteville, Arkansas,^[3] where she and her husband attended the University of Arkansas.^[4]

In 2002, Rushing and her mother, Lorna Jean Nobles, opened Trademark Real Estate in Hot Springs.

In February 2015, Rushing joined dozens of her fellow Republicans and two Democrats in co-sponsoring legislation submitted by Representative Lane Jean of Magnolia, to reduce unemployment compensation benefits. The measure was promptly signed into law by Governor Asa Hutchinson.^[5]

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