{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Gene Jeffress |image = Gene Jeffress.jpg | state_senate=Arkansas | state=Arkansas | district= 25th | term=2003–2013 | successor=Stephanie Flowers | party = Democratic |office2=Arkansas House of Representatives |district3= |term2=1999–2003 |occupation = teacher |birth_date={{birth date and age|1948|10|18}} |Religion = |website = [http://jeffressforcongress.com/ Jeffress for Congress] }} '''Harmon "Gene" Jeffress''' (born October 18, 1948) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the Arkansas Senate, representing District 25 from 2003 to 2013.
==Career== Jeffress earned his bachelor's degree in music education from the University of Arkansas, Monticello, in 1971. He is a former teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senator G. Jeffress - Senate Bio |url=https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAssembly%2F2011%2FMember%20Profiles%2FGene+Jeffress+-+Senate+Bio.pdf |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Arkansas State Legislature}}</ref>
Jeffres served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003. He joined the Arkansas Senate in 2003. He was ineligible to run for re-election to the State Senate in 2012 due to term limits.
Jeffress ran in the 2012 elections for the United States House of Representatives, representing Arkansas's 4th congressional district. He and Q. Byrum Hurst Jr. defeated D. C. Morrison in the May 22 Democratic primary and advanced to the June 12 primary runoff election. Jeffress defeated Hurst in the runoff and faced Republican Tom Cotton in the general election on November 6, 2012,<ref>[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/39981/85790/en/summary.html Arkansas Secretary of State - Unofficial primary runoff results]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/214119/2/Jeffress-defeats-Hurst-in-democratic-runoff-for-District-4 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204152745/http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/214119/2/Jeffress-defeats-Hurst-in-democratic-runoff-for-District-4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-04 |title=Gene Jeffress defeats Q. Byrum Hurst in District 4 |publisher=todaysthv.com |date=2012-06-13 |accessdate=2012-11-11 }}</ref> losing the race to Cotton.<ref>{{cite web|author=JEANNIE NUSS, Associated Press |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Cotton-defeats-Jeffress-to-win-Ark-US-House-seat-4015856.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202084009/http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Cotton-defeats-Jeffress-to-win-Ark-US-House-seat-4015856.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-02 |title=Cotton defeats Jeffress to win Ark. US House seat |publisher=seattlepi.com |date=2012-11-07 |accessdate=2012-11-11 }}</ref>
==Personal== Jeffress and his ex-wife, Cynthia, have three children. They reside in Louann, Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arkansasnews.com/2011/01/19/budget-committee-nixes-judicial-pay-raises |accessdate=September 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318143348/http://arkansasnews.com/2011/01/19/budget-committee-nixes-judicial-pay-raises/ |archivedate=March 18, 2011 |title=Roundup: Budget panel nixes judicial pay raises | Arkansas News }}</ref> His brother, Jimmy Jeffress, was also a member of the Arkansas Senate.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nelson |first=Rex |url=http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2011/jul/06/south-arkansas-boyhood-20110706/?opinion |title=A south Arkansas boyhood |publisher=NWAonline |date=2011-07-06 |accessdate=2012-11-11}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Twitter}} * [http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120715074528/https://www.facebook.com/jeffressforcongress Official Campaign Facebook Page] * [http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?member=G.%20Jeffress Official Arkansas State Senate website of Senator Gene Jeffress] * [http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=16220 Project Vote Smart legislative profile]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=16220 Project Vote Smart biography of Senator Gene Jeffress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030115806/http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=16220 |date=2010-10-30 }} *Campaign Contributions: [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=101764 2008] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=83725 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=69484 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=4306 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=21078 2000]
{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | before = - | title = Arkansas State Senate District 25 | years = 2003–2013 | after = Stephanie Flowers}} {{s-end}}
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