{{Short description|American politician (born 1979)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Jonathan Dismang |state_senate = Arkansas |term_start = January 10, 2011 |term_end = |predecessor = John Paul Capps |successor = |constituency = {{ubl|29th district (2011–2013)|28th district (2013–2023)|18th district (since 2023)}} |office2 = President pro tempore of the {{nowrap|Arkansas Senate}} |term_start2 = January 15, 2015 |term_end2 = January 14, 2019 |predecessor2 = Michael Lamoureux |successor2 = Jim Hendren
|state_house3 = Arkansas |district3 = 49th |term_start3 = January 2009 |term_end3 = January 10, 2011 |predecessor3 = Mark Pate |successor3 = Jeremy Gillam |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|7|30}} |birth_place = Maynard, Arkansas, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |education = Harding University (BA) |website = {{URL|jonathandismang.com|Official website}} }} '''Jonathan Dismang''' (born July 30, 1979) is a Republican member of the Arkansas Senate. A resident of Beebe in White County near Little Rock, he has served in the Arkansas General Assembly since 2011. Dismang served as President Pro Tempore of the Arkansas Senate in the 90th Arkansas General Assembly and 91st Arkansas General Assembly.
==Political career== He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives before he was elected to the Arkansas Senate in 2010. From 2011 to 2013, he represented Senate District 29, which then included parts of White, Pulaski, and Faulkner counties. <ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/Member%20Profiles/Jonathan%20Dismang.pdf |title=Biography of the Honorable Jonathan Dismang, Arkansas State Senator |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref> Following redistricting in 2013, Dismang represented District 28 until 2023, when he was redistricted into District 18 covering all of White County, along with portions of Cleburne and Faulkner counties.
Dismang serves as the Senate co-chair of the Joint Budget Committee, vice chair of the Transportation, Technology, and Legislative Affairs Committee, a member of the Revenue and Taxation Committee, a member of the Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development Committee, a member of the Rules, Resolutions, and Memorials Committee, a member of the Legislative Facilities Committee, a member of the Joint Performance Review, and a member of the Arkansas Legislative Council.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Jonathan Dismang |url=https://senate.arkansas.gov/senators/337/ |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=Arkansas Senate |language=en-US}}</ref>
On March 11 2025, Dismang was one of the few Republicans who voted against a nitrogen hypoxia death penalty method bill.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2025-03-11/arkansas-legislature-approves-executions-using-nitrogen-hypoxia|title=Arkansas Legislature approves executions using nitrogen hypoxia|date=March 12, 2025|work=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://arkansasadvocate.com/2025/03/12/arkansas-lawmakers-approve-nitrogen-gas-execution-bill-await-governors-signature/|title=Arkansas lawmakers approve nitrogen gas execution bill, await governor’s signature|date=March 12, 2025|work=}}</ref>
==Background== Dismang is a graduate of Beebe High School and the Church of Christ-affiliated Harding University in Searcy in White County, receiving degrees in accounting and economics<ref name=":0" />. He is chief financial officer of Whitwell and Ryles Real Estate Investments, LLC,<ref name=bio /> owner of Dismang Consulting Services, LLC, and owns a cattle company. He is married and has two sons.<ref name=":0" />
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==External links== * [http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?member=J.%20Dismang Official page] at the Arkansas General Assembly * [http://www.jonathandismang.com/ Campaign site] * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=103777 | fec= | congress= }}<!-- Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template: * [http://ballotpedia.org/Jonathan_Dismang Biography] at Ballotpedia * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=140661 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=9508 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics (Representative candidacy) * -->
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