{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}} {{similar names|John Hubbard (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox officeholder | image_size = 150px | name=Jon Hubbard | image= | state_house=Arkansas | district=75th | term_start=January 10, 2011 | term_end=January 2013 | preceded=Joan Cash | succeeded=Harold Copenhaver | birth_date={{birth date and age|1946|12|12}} | birth_place=Camden, Arkansas<ref name=Prudential>[https://newspaperarchive.com/benton-courier-oct-14-1976-p-8/ "Hubbard now with Prudential"], ''The Benton Courier'', Saline County, Arkansas, volume 101, number 203, October 14, 1976, page 8. {{subscription required}}</ref> | party=Republican | alma_mater = Ouachita Baptist University | profession = Educator and insurance agent }} '''Jon Michael Hubbard''' (born December 12, 1946) is a Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 75 in Jonesboro in Craighead County in eastern Arkansas.
==Early life== Hubbard was raised in North Little Rock and graduated from North Little Rock High School in 1964. He attended Arkansas State Teachers College (now University of Central Arkansas) in Conway, Arkansas and served in the United States Air Force for two years.<ref name=Prudential/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jonhubbard4arkansas.com/about.html |title=Jon Hubbard for State Representative District 75 |publisher=Jonhubbard4arkansas.com |accessdate=2012-10-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009045657/http://www.jonhubbard4arkansas.com/about.html |archivedate=2012-10-09}}</ref> He received his bachelor degree from Ouachita Baptist University in 1968.<ref>Ouachita Baptist University, [https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/alumni_mag/57 "The Ouachita Circle Winter 1996"], The Alumni Magazine of Ouachita Baptist University, Winter 1996, page 18.</ref>
==Career== Hubbard defeated incumbent Joan Cash, a Democrat, in the 2010 elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/2010-11-02-ar-full-election-results_N.htm |title=New political landscape awaits Arkansas legislators - USATODAY.com |publisher=Usatoday30.usatoday.com |date=2010-11-03 |accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref>
In 2009, Hubbard published a book titled ''Letters to the Editor: Confessions of a Frustrated Conservative,''<ref>{{cite book|title=Letters To The Editor: Confessions Of A Frustrated Conservative: Jon Michael Hubbard: 9780595636303: Amazon.com: Books |date=2009-03-25 |isbn=978-0595636303 |last1=Hubbard |first1=Jon Michael |publisher=iUniverse }}</ref> in which he said "the institution of slavery that the black race has long believed to be an abomination upon its people may actually have been a blessing in disguise,"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/jon-hubbard-arkansas-slavery-book_n_1943661.html |title=Jon Hubbard, Arkansas Legislator, Says Slavery May 'Have Been A Blessing' In New Book |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= 2012-10-05|accessdate=2012-10-08 |first=John |last=Celock}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Parker|first=Suzi|publisher=Reuters|title=Arkansas Republicans' comments on slavery, Muslims stir controversy|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-arkansas-idUSBRE8950FU20121006|accessdate=2012-10-06|date=October 6, 2012}}</ref> that black people don't "appreciate the value of a good education", and that in the future immigration, both legal and illegal, must lead to "planned wars or extermination" which would be "as necessary as eating and breathing".<ref name="extermination">{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/10/arkansas-lawmaker-slavery-was-good-for-blacks.html|title=Arkansas Lawmaker Concludes That Slavery Was Actually Good for Black People|author=Andre Tartar|accessdate=2012-10-08|date=October 6, 2012}}</ref>
In 2012, Hubbard won the Republican primary in District 58, rather than District 75. However, he was defeated in the general election by Democrat Harold Copenhaver.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2012|publisher=|accessdate=18 December 2014}}</ref>
==Personal life== Hubbard was a coach at Forest Heights Junior High School in Little Rock, Arkansas for two years and Greenbrier High School in Tennessee for two years.<ref name=Prudential/> Afterwards, he started in the insurance business in 1974 at American Fidelity Insurance Company and then Prudential Insurance Company.<ref name=Prudential/> From 1991 to 1995, he was a teacher and coach at Walnut Ridge High School in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. He then worked as owner/agent of Arkansas First Stop Insurance, Inc., from 1995 to 2006. Since 2006, he has been a marketing representative for Equity Insurance Company. He worked as an insurance agent until 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Jon_Hubbard|title=John Hubbard|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=September 11, 2013}}</ref>
Hubbard survived a heart attack in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Arkansas |first=The |url=http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2011/mar/01/lawmaker-suffers-mild-heart-attack-20110301/?nwa-news-national |title=Lawmaker suffers mild heart attack |publisher=NWAonline |date=2011-03-01 |accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.jonhubbard4arkansas.com Jon Hubbard]
{{s-start}} {{succession box |before=Joan Cash |title=Arkansas State Representative<br /> for District 75 (Craighead County) |years=2011–2013 |after=Harold Copenhaver (in revised District 58)}} {{s-end}}
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