Candidates for the 2nd Congressional District
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE French Hill
Age: 61 Birthplace: Little Rock Residence: Little Rock Family: Wife, Martha; two children Education: Bachelor’s degree in economics, Vanderbilt University Current occupation: 2nd Congressional District Representative Business-political experience: Founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Delta Trust & Banking Corp., 1999-2014; executive secretary to the President’s Economic Policy Council, 1991-93; deputy assistant secretary of the treasury for corporate finance 1989-1981
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE Clarke Tucker
Age: 37 Birthplace: Little Rock Residence: Little Rock Family: Married to Toni; two children Education: Bachelor’s degree in government, Harvard University; juris doctorate, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Current occupation: Attorney Business-political experience: State representative, Arkansas House of Representatives; attorney at law, Quattlebaum Grooms Tull & Burrow; adjunct professor on constitutional history and law and politics at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law; founding chairman of the board of directors of the Tiger Foundation, an organization designed to benefit and support LIttle Rock Central High school
LIBERTARIAN NOMINEE Joe Swafford
Age: 26 Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colo. Residence: Little Rock Family: Single Education: Bachelor’s of science in education degree in social studies, University of Central Arkansas Current occupation: Residential appraiser, Pulaski County assessor’s office Business-political experience: He said he doesn’t have anything worth including here, and he’s OK with that.