{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Colby Fulfer | state_senate = Arkansas | district = 7th | term_start = February 22, 2022 | term_end = January 9, 2023 | predecessor = Lance Eads | successor = Clint Penzo | party = Republican }}
'''Colby Fulfer''' is an American politician who served in the Arkansas Senate representing the Springdale area from 2022 to 2023.
== Education == Fulfer graduated from the Shiloh Christian School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colby Fulfer |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Colby_Fulfer |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>
== Career == Fulfer worked at the Westfield Chapel Funeral Home and serves as chief of staff to Springdale Mayor Doug Sprouse.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-18 |title=Bio - Colby Fulfer |url=https://colbyfulfer.com/bio/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |language=en-US}}</ref> A Republican, he was narrowly elected to the Arkansas Senate in a 2022 special election to replace Lance Eads, who had resigned in 2021.<ref name="fulfer-wins-slim">{{cite news |title=Colby Fulfer wins race for State Senate District 7 by slim margin |url=https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/politics/elections/colby-fulfer-wins-race-for-state-senate-district-7-seat-in-tight-race/527-690c807d-8c32-4a99-b77b-7992f16c0a30 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/politics/elections/colby-fulfer-wins-race-for-state-senate-district-7-seat-in-tight-race/527-690c807d-8c32-4a99-b77b-7992f16c0a30 |archive-date=2022-02-11 |url-status=live|access-date=February 11, 2022 |work=KFSM-TV |date=February 8, 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
He assumed office on February 22, 2022 and served during the fiscal session of the 93rd Arkansas General Assembly, as well as a special session called by Governor Asa Hutchinson, and did not seek reelection.
He was succeeded by State Representative Clint Penzo.
==Electoral history== Fulfer was elected to the Arkansas Senate in the Special Election held in February 2022. In the Republican primary, he received the highest number of votes but because he did not break 50% of the vote went to a runoff election against first-time candidate Steve Unger. In the runoff election, he defeated Unger narrowly 52-48%.
In the special general election, he defeated Democrat Lisa Parks by just 32 votes, or 0.8%.
thumb {{Election box begin no change |title=2021 Arkansas State Senate 7th district special election Republican primary<ref name="primaryresults">{{cite web|url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/111694/web.278093/#/summary|title= 2021 Special Primary Election for State Senate District 7|website=results.enr.clarityelections.com|date=27 December 2021|accessdate=7 June 2022}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |candidate=Colby Fulfer |party=Republican Party (United States) |votes=1,388 |percentage=46.66 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |candidate=Steve Unger |party=Republican Party (United States) |votes=943 |percentage=31.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party=Republican Party (United States) |candidate=Jim Bob Duggar |votes=456 |percentage=15.33 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party=Republican Party (United States) |candidate=Edge Nowlin |votes=188 |percentage=6.32 }} {{Election box total no change |votes=2,975 |percentage=100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |title=2021 Arkansas State Senate 7th district special general election }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |candidate=Colby Fulfer |party=Republican Party (United States) |votes=2,033 |percentage=50.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate=Lisa Parks |party=Democratic Party (United States) |votes=2,001 |percentage=49.6 }} {{Election box total no change |votes=4,034 |percentage=100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
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