{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Denise Garner | image = Market Center of the Ozarks Grand Opening - Denise Garner (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Garner in 2025 | state_house = Arkansas | state = Arkansas | district = 20th | term_start = January 14, 2019 | term_end = | preceded = Charlie Collins | succeeding = | constituency = | majority = | party = Democratic | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|12|9}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Hershel Garner | alma_mater = | occupation = | website = }} '''Denise Firmin Garner''' (born December 9, 1956)<ref name=king>{{Cite news |date=2014-02-23 |title=Denise Marie Firmin Garner|newspaper=Arkansas Democrat Gazette|author=King, Cyd|page=35 |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2014/feb/23/denise-marie-firmin-garner-20140223/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |language=en}}</ref> is an American politician serving as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from District 20, covering parts of Washington County and the town of Fayetteville. Garner was first elected in 2019 to the district then known as District 84, before redistricting changed the numbering of this district in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arkansas House of Representatives District 84 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_District_84 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ballotpedia.org">{{Cite web |title=Arkansas House of Representatives District 20 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_District_20 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>
Garner is a retired registered nurse practitioner, small business owner<ref>{{Cite web |title=Denise Garner - Arkansas House of Representatives |url=https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/20 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=www.arkansashouse.org}}</ref> and philanthropist, with a focus on education, health and food security related causes.<ref name=king/>
==Political career== ===Election=== Garner was elected in the general election on November 6, 2018, winning 55 percent of the vote over 45 percent of Republican candidate Charlie Collins.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-arkansas-elections.html|title=Arkansas Election Results - Election Results 2018 - The New York Times|author=|work=The New York Times |date=6 November 2018|accessdate=November 21, 2018}}</ref>
Garner was reelected in 2022. She is running for the Arkansas Senate in 2024 in District 30 to succeed term-limited Senator Greg Leding.<ref name="ballotpedia.org"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bartholomew |first1=Dustin |title=Garner joins 2026 Senate race to succeed Leding |url=https://fayettevilleflyer.com/2025/04/30/garner-joins-2026-senate-race-to-succeed-leding/ |website=Fayetteville Flyer |publisher=Fayetteville Flyer |access-date=27 January 2026}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://denisegarner.com/ Official campaign website] * [https://ballotpedia.org/Denise_Garner Denise Garner at Ballotpedia]
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