{{Short description|American politician}} '''Bill Sample''' (born April 16, 1946)<ref name="ballotpedia">{{cite web |title=Bill Sample |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Bill_Sample |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=31 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> was a state legislator in Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Sample |url=https://senate.arkansas.gov/senators/bill-sample/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926120056/https://senate.arkansas.gov/senators/bill-sample/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 26, 2020 |website=Arkansas Senate |access-date=31 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
== Career == A Republican, he served in the Arkansas Senate between 2011 and 2023, representing Hot Springs,<ref name="sen">{{Cite web|url=https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Legislators/Detail?member=B.+Sample&ddBienniumSession=2013/2013R|title=Senator Bill Sample (R) - Arkansas State Legislature|website=www.arkleg.state.ar.us}}</ref> after having served three terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives beginning in 2005.<ref name="sen" /> He lives near Village, Arkansas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swtimes.com/news/20190806/sample-updates-gac-on-legislative-issues|title=Times Record|first=LEWIS DELAVAN / Staff|last=writer|website=www.swtimes.com}}</ref> In 2022, he was narrowly defeated in the Republican primary by county commissioner Matt McKee,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/race/2022-05-24-state_senate-R-AR-5855/|title=2022 Arkansas State Senate – District 6 Republican Primary Results|work=USA Today|date=May 24, 2022}}</ref> who would go on to win the general election.
Sample owned a pest control business. He was a Vice President for the Arkansas Pest Management Association in 2004 after serving as Regional Director in 2002.<ref name="votesmart">{{cite web |title=The Voter's Self Defense System |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/27839/bill-sample |website=Vote Smart |access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref>
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