Asa Hutchinson
| Asa Hutchinson | |
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| 46th Governor of Arkansas | |
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Assumed office January 13, 2015 |
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| Lieutenant | Tim Griffin |
| Preceded by | Mike Beebe |
| Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration | |
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In office August 6, 2001 – January 23, 2003 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Donnie Marshall |
| Succeeded by | Karen Tandy |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 3rd district |
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In office January 3, 1997 – August 6, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Tim Hutchinson |
| Succeeded by | John Boozman |
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William Asa Hutchinson, II December 3, 1950 Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Hutchinson |
| Children | Asa, III, Sarah, John Paul, Seth |
| Residence | Governor's Mansion |
| Alma mater |
Bob Jones University University of Arkansas, Fayetteville |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
William Asa Hutchinson, II (born December 3, 1950) is an American politician who has been the 46th Governor of Arkansas since 2015. Previously he was U.S. Attorney for the Fort Smith-based Western District of Arkansas, U.S. Congressman from the Third District of Arkansas, Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the first Undersecretary for Border & Transportation Security at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In 2006, Hutchinson was the Republican candidate for governor of Arkansas and lost to Democrat Mike Beebe, the outgoing state attorney general. In 2014, Hutchinson was again the Republican nominee for Governor, this time winning the election over Democrat Mike Ross to become Governor of Arkansas.
Hutchinson was born in Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S., the son of Coral Virginia (Mount) Hutchinson (1912–1998) and John Malcolm Hutchinson, Sr. (1907–1991). He earned his bachelor's degree from Bob Jones University in South Carolina in 1972, and received his J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1975. He practiced law in Fort Smith for 21 years and handled more than 100 jury trials.
In 1982, Hutchinson was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as U.S. Attorney for the United States Western District of Arkansas. At the age of thirty-one, Hutchinson was the youngest U.S. Attorney in the nation. He made national headlines after successfully prosecuting The Covenant, The Sword, and The Arm of the Lord (CSA), a white supremacist organization founded by polygamist James Ellison. The CSA forced a three-day armed stand-off with local, state and federal law enforcement. As U.S. Attorney, Hutchinson put on a flak jacket and personally negotiated a peaceful conclusion to the stand-off.
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