{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Deborah Ferguson | image = | state_house = | district = | term_start = January 14, 2013 | term_end = January 13, 2025 | predecessor = Marshall Wright | successor = Lincoln Barnett | birth_date = | birth_place = Parkin, Arkansas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = University of Mississippi<br>University of Tennessee Health Science Center | profession = Dentist | website = {{URL|fergusonforarkansas.com}} | constituency = 51st district (2013–2023)<br>63rd district (2023–2025) | office = Member of the<br>Arkansas House of Representatives }}
'''Deborah Ferguson'''<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/136670 |title= Deborah Ferguson's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= April 15, 2014}}</ref> (born in Parkin, Arkansas) is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from January 14, 2013 to January 13, 2025. Originally representing the 51st district, she began representing the 63rd district in 2023.<ref name="ARH">{{cite web |title=Deborah Ferguson |url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/326/Deborah-Ferguson |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113203735/http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/326/deborah-ferguson |archive-date=November 13, 2018 |accessdate=April 15, 2014 |publisher=Arkansas House of Representatives |location=Little Rock, Arkansas}}</ref>
==Education== Ferguson earned her bachelor's degree in interior design from the University of Mississippi and her DDS from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
==Elections== *2012 With District 51 Representative Marshall Wright redistricted to District 49, Ferguson was unopposed for the May 22, 2012 Democratic Primary,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/39376/83979/en/summary.html |title= Arkansas State Primary Election May 22, 2012 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arkansas |location= Little Rock, Arkansas |accessdate= April 15, 2014}}</ref> and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 6,794 votes (79.2%) against Libertarian candidate Rodger Paxton.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/42843/113233/en/summary.html |title= Arkansas State General Election November 6, 2012 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arkansas |location= Little Rock, Arkansas |accessdate= April 15, 2014}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/326/Deborah-Ferguson Official page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113203735/http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/326/deborah-ferguson |date=2018-11-13 }} at the Arkansas House of Representatives *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140517083834/http://fergusonforarkansas.com/ Campaign site] *{{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 136670 | fec = | congress = }} *[http://ballotpedia.org/Deborah_Ferguson Deborah Ferguson] at Ballotpedia *[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=414251 Deborah Ferguson] at OpenSecrets
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