{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Eddie Cheatham | image = | state_senate = Arkansas | district = 26th<ref name="ARH">{{cite web |url= http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?member=E.%20Cheatham |title= Senator Eddie Cheatham (D) |publisher= Arkansas General Assembly |location= Little Rock, Arkansas |accessdate= April 21, 2014}}</ref> | term_start = January 14, 2013 | term_end = January 11, 2021 | predecessor = Percy Malone | successor = Ben Gilmore | state_house3 = Arkansas | district3 = 9th | term_start3 = January 2007 | term_end3 = January 14, 2013 | predecessor3 = Johnnie Bolin | successor3 = Sheilla Lampkin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|3|14}} | birth_place = Magnolia, Arkansas | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Southern Arkansas University<br>University of Arkansas | profession = | website = }}
'''Eddie L. Cheatham'''<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/60164 |title= Eddie Cheatham's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= April 21, 2014}}</ref> (born March 14, 1947)<ref>[https://static.ark.org/eeuploads/arml/91st_AR_General_Assembly.pdf 91st Arkansas General Assembly Legislative Directory]</ref> is an American Democratic politician from South Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas General Assembly from 2007 until losing a reelection bid in November 2020.
==Elections== *2012 With Senate District 26 Senator Percy Malone retired and left the seat open, Cheatham placed first in the three-way May 22, 2012 Democratic Primary with 4,157 votes (36.3%); former Representative Johnnie Bolin placed third.<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 21, 2014}}</ref> Cheatham won the June 22 runoff election with 4,033 votes (54.1%),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/39981/89122/en/summary.html |title= Arkansas State General Primary 2012 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arkansas |location= Little Rock, Arkansas |accessdate= April 18, 2014}}</ref> and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 14,479 votes (50.6%) against Republican nominee Mike Akin.<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 21, 2014}}</ref> *2006 Initially in House District 9, when Representative Johnnie Bolin left the Legislature and left the seat open, Cheatham won the 2006 Democratic Primary and was unopposed for the November 7, 2006 General election. *2008 Cheatham was unopposed for both the May 20, 2008 Democratic Primary and the November 4, 2008 General election. *2010 Cheatham was unopposed for both the May 18, 2010 Democratic Primary and the November 2, 2010 General election.
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==External links== *[http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?member=E.%20Cheatham Official page] at the Arkansas General Assembly *{{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 60164 | fec = | congress = }} *[http://ballotpedia.org/Eddie_Cheatham Eddie Cheatham] at Ballotpedia *[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=8250 Eddie L. Cheatham] at the National Institute on Money in State Politics
{{s-start}} {{succession box |before=Percy Malone |title=Arkansas Senate<br>District 26 |years=January 14, 2013–January 11, 2021 |after=Ben Gilmore}} {{succession box |before=Johnnie Bolin |title=Arkansas House<br>District 9 |years=January 2007–January 14, 2013 |after=Sheilla Lampkin}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheatham, Eddie}} Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:Democratic Party Arkansas state senators Category:Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives Category:21st-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly Category:People from Crossett, Arkansas Category:People from Magnolia, Arkansas
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