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Timothy Chad Hutchinson
Timothy Chad Hutchinson
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives; from the 95th district
	In office; January 2005 – January 2011
Preceded by	Cecile Bledsoe
Succeeded by	Duncan Baird
Personal details
Born	March 4, 1974 (age 50); Kansas City, Kansas
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Julie Dianne Williams Hutchinson
Relations	Tim Hutchinson (father); Donna Hutchinson (mother); Asa Hutchinson (uncle); Kim Hendren (uncle-by-marriage); Jeremy Y. Hutchinson (twin brother); Jim Hendren (cousin)
Residence(s)	Springdale, Arkansas
Alma mater	Harding University; University of Arkansas Law School
Occupation	Attorney

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Timothy Chad Hutchinson (born March 4, 1974) is an attorney in Fayetteville, Arkansas, who is a Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 95 in Benton County. He was initially elected in 2004, two years after his father, Tim Hutchinson, lost reelection to Democrat Mark Pryor to a second term in the United States Senate.

Background

Born in Kansas City, Kansas, Hutchinson is a 1996 graduate of the Church of Christ-affiliated Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. In 1999, he received his juris doctor degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville.^[1] Before he entered the legislature, Hutchinson had been a deputy prosecutor in Benton and Sebastian counties.^[2] He is now a partner in Reece Moore Pendergraft in Fayetteville and practices in the fields of commercial litigation, employment law, administrative law, and real estate litigation. He is a former adjunct professor at John Brown University of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, having instructed employment law, business law, and corporate governance. Former Governor Mike Huckabee named Hutchinson to the Arkansas State Drug and Alcohol Prevention Advisory Board.^[1]

Political career

In his first election to the House in 2004, Hutchinson defeated the Democrat Robbyn Tumey.^[2] In his initial term from 2005 to 2006, he served along with his twin brother, Jeremy Hutchinson, who represented District 31 in Pulaski County and was later elected in 2010 to the District 22 seat in the Arkansas State Senate, which he held until his resignation in 2018.^[3] From 2007 to 2010, Timothy Chad Hutchinson served alongside his mother, Donna Hutchinson, the first wife of former Senator Tim Hutchinson.^[4] A representative from Benton County first elected in 2006, Donna Hutchinson was term-limited from her position in 2012.^[5]

On October 31, 1996, the week before his father was elected to the U.S. Senate, the then 22-year-old Hutchinson was involved in an automobile accident near Fayetteville, Arkansas in which a couple in their sixties, Jack Clinton Watlington and Reba Beavers Watlington from Center, Texas, en route to a funeral, were killed. Hutchinson's passenger, state senator Fay Boozman, was gravely injured.^[6] Hutchinson's car crossed the center line during a storm and struck the Watlington car, then a tractor-trailer hit both cars. Hutchinson pleaded no contest to driving left of the center line and operating a vehicle with worn tires. Hutchinson paid a $50 fine and $100 in court costs for his role in the accident.^[7]

His uncle by marriage is Kim Hendren, a veteran former state senator from Gravette in Benton County. Hendren lost the U.S. Senate Republican primary in 2010 but was a successful candidate in 2014 for the District 92 seat in the Arkansas House.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Tim C. Hutchinson (partner)". rmpllp.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Hypocrisy anyone?". burntorangereport.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
^ "Arkansas state senator Jeremy Hutchinson resigns after wire and tax fraud indictment". 31 August 2018.
^ "Sen. Tim Hutchinson to wed former staffer". thecabin.net. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
^ "Lavina Grandon, RCA members and staff give testimony before legislative committee". thenewrural.org. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
^ Health Department director Fay Boozman dies in accident on Rogers farm 2005
^ "Senator's Son Fined $50 For Part In Fatal Car Crash, September 7, 1997". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
^ "Hendren announces bid for representative's seat, August 27, 2013". eagleobserver.com. 27 August 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2013.

[tch-1] "Tim C. Hutchinson (partner)". rmpllp.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.

[burnto-2] "Hypocrisy anyone?". burntorangereport.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.

[3] "Arkansas state senator Jeremy Hutchinson resigns after wire and tax fraud indictment". 31 August 2018.

[4] "Sen. Tim Hutchinson to wed former staffer". thecabin.net. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2013.

[5] "Lavina Grandon, RCA members and staff give testimony before legislative committee". thenewrural.org. Retrieved September 8, 2013.

[6] Health Department director Fay Boozman dies in accident on Rogers farm 2005

[7] "Senator's Son Fined $50 For Part In Fatal Car Crash, September 7, 1997". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.

[8] "Hendren announces bid for representative's seat, August 27, 2013". eagleobserver.com. 27 August 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2013.

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-| state_house=Arkansas
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-| term_end=January 2011
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+| residence           = [[Springdale, Arkansas|Springdale]], [[Arkansas]]
-| succeeded=[[Duncan Baird]]
+| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
-| birth_place=[[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], [[Kansas]]
+| relations           = [[Tim Hutchinson]] (father)<br />[[Donna Hutchinson]] (mother)<br />[[Asa Hutchinson]] (uncle)<br />[[Kim Hendren]] (uncle-by-marriage)<br />[[Jeremy Hutchinson (politician)|Jeremy Y. Hutchinson]] (twin brother)<br />[[Jim Hendren]] (cousin)
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-| residence=[[Springdale, Arkansas|Springdale]], [[Arkansas]]
-| party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
-| relations=[[Tim Hutchinson]] (father)<br />[[Donna Hutchinson]] (mother)<br />[[Asa Hutchinson]] (uncle)<br />[[Kim Hendren]] (uncle-by-marriage)<br />[[Jeremy Hutchinson (politician)|Jeremy Y. Hutchinson]] (twin brother)<br />[[Jim Hendren]] (cousin)
-| alma_mater=[[Harding University|Harding College]]<br />
 [[University of Arkansas Law School]]
-| occupation=[[Attorney at law|Attorney]]
+| occupation          = [[Attorney at law|Attorney]]
+| spouse              = Julie Dianne Williams Hutchinson
-| religion=
-| spouse=Julie Dianne Williams Hutchinson
-| children=
-| footnotes=
 }}
 '''Timothy Chad Hutchinson''' (born March 4, 1974) is an [[Lawyer|attorney]] in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]], [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] former member of the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]] for District 95 in [[Benton County, Arkansas|Benton County]]. He was initially elected in 2004, two years after his father, [[Tim Hutchinson]], lost reelection to [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Mark Pryor]] to a second term in the [[United States Senate]].
 ==Background==
+Born in [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], [[Kansas]], Hutchinson is a 1996 graduate of the [[Church of Christ]]-affiliated [[Harding University]] in [[Searcy, Arkansas|Searcy]], Arkansas. In 1999, he received his [[juris doctor]] degree from the [[University of Arkansas School of Law]] in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]].<ref name=tch>{{cite web|url=http://www.rmpllp.com/hutchinson.html|title=Tim C. Hutchinson (partner)|publisher=rmpllp.com|accessdate=September 8, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054351/http://www.rmpllp.com/hutchinson.html|archivedate=September 21, 2013}}</ref>  Before he entered the legislature, Hutchinson had been a deputy prosecutor in Benton and [[Sebastian County, Arkansas|Sebastian]] counties.<ref name=burnto>{{cite web |url=http://www.burntorangereport.com/mt/archives/2004/04/hypocrisy_anyon.html |title=Hypocrisy anyone? |publisher=burntorangereport.com |accessdate=September 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012090528/http://www.burntorangereport.com/mt/archives/2004/04/hypocrisy_anyon.html |archivedate=October 12, 2013 }}</ref> He is now a partner in Reece Moore Pendergraft in Fayetteville and practices in the fields of commercial litigation, employment law, administrative law, and real estate litigation. He is a former [[adjunct professor]] at [[John Brown University]] of [[Siloam Springs, Arkansas|Siloam Springs]], Arkansas, having instructed employment law, business law, and corporate governance. Former Governor [[Mike Huckabee]] named Hutchinson to the Arkansas State Drug and Alcohol Prevention Advisory Board.<ref name=tch/>
-Born in [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], [[Kansas]], Hutchinson is a 1996 graduate of the [[Church of Christ]]-affiliated [[Harding University|Harding College]] in [[Searcy, Arkansas|Searcy]], Arkansas. In 1999, he received his law degree from the [[University of Arkansas School of Law]] in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]].<ref name=tch>{{cite web|url=http://www.rmpllp.com/hutchinson.html|title=Tim C. Hutchinson (partner)|publisher=rmpllp.com|accessdate=September 8, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054351/http://www.rmpllp.com/hutchinson.html|archivedate=September 21, 2013}}</ref>  Before he entered the legislature, Hutchinson had been a deputy prosecutor in Benton and [[Sebastian County, Arkansas|Sebastian]] counties.<ref name=burnto>{{cite web |url=http://www.burntorangereport.com/mt/archives/2004/04/hypocrisy_anyon.html |title=Hypocrisy anyone? |publisher=burntorangereport.com |accessdate=September 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012090528/http://www.burntorangereport.com/mt/archives/2004/04/hypocrisy_anyon.html |archivedate=October 12, 2013 }}</ref> He is now a partner in Reece Moore Pendergraft in Fayetteville and practices in the fields of Commercial Litigation, Employment Law, Administrative Law, and Real Estate Litigation. He is a former [[adjunct professor]] at [[John Brown University]] of [[Siloam Springs, Arkansas|Siloam Springs]], Arkansas, having instructed employment law, business law, and corporate governance. Former Governor [[Mike Huckabee]] named Hutchinson to the Arkansas State Drug and Alcohol Prevention Advisory Board.<ref name=tch/>
-Hutchinson and his wife, the former Julie Dianne Williams, reside in [[Springdale, Arkansas|Springdale]], Arkansas.
 ==Political career==
-In his first election to the House in 2004, Hutchinson defeated the Democrat Robbyn Tumey.<ref name=burnto/> In his initial term from 2005 to 2006, he served along with his twin brother, [[Jeremy Hutchinson (politician)|Jeremy Hutchinson]], who represented District 31 in [[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski County]] and was later elected in 2010 to the District 22 seat in the [[Arkansas State Senate]], which he held until his resignation in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-state-senator-indicted-for-wire-and-tax-fraud |title=Arkansas state senator Jeremy Hutchinson resigns after wire and tax fraud indictment}}</ref> From 2007 to 2010, Timothy Chad Hutchinson served alongside his mother, [[Donna Hutchinson]], the first wife of former Senator Tim Hutchinson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecabin.net/stories/081300/sta_0813000084.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419202802/http://thecabin.net/stories/081300/sta_0813000084.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 19, 2015|title=Sen. Tim Hutchinson to wed former staffer|publisher=thecabin.net|accessdate=August 17, 2013}}</ref> A representative from Benton County first elected in 2006, Donna Hutchinson was term-limited from her position in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thenewrural.org/rca-members-and-staff-give-testimony-before-legislative-committee|title=Lavina Grandon, RCA members and staff give testimony before legislative committee|publisher=thenewrural.org|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}</ref>
+In his first election to the House in 2004, Hutchinson defeated the Democrat Robbyn Tumey.<ref name=burnto/> In his initial term from 2005 to 2006, he served along with his twin brother, [[Jeremy Hutchinson (politician)|Jeremy Hutchinson]], who represented District 31 in [[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski County]] and was later elected in 2010 to the District 22 seat in the [[Arkansas State Senate]], which he held until his resignation in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-state-senator-indicted-for-wire-and-tax-fraud |title=Arkansas state senator Jeremy Hutchinson resigns after wire and tax fraud indictment|date=31 August 2018 }}</ref> From 2007 to 2010, Timothy Chad Hutchinson served alongside his mother, [[Donna Hutchinson]], the first wife of former Senator Tim Hutchinson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecabin.net/stories/081300/sta_0813000084.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419202802/http://thecabin.net/stories/081300/sta_0813000084.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 19, 2015|title=Sen. Tim Hutchinson to wed former staffer|publisher=thecabin.net|accessdate=August 17, 2013}}</ref> A representative from Benton County first elected in 2006, Donna Hutchinson was term-limited from her position in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thenewrural.org/rca-members-and-staff-give-testimony-before-legislative-committee|title=Lavina Grandon, RCA members and staff give testimony before legislative committee|publisher=thenewrural.org|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}</ref>
-On October 31, 1996, the week before his father was elected to the U.S. Senate, the then 22-year-old Hutchinson was involved in an automobile accident near Fayetteville, Arkansas in which a couple in their sixties, Jack Clinton Watlington and Reba Beavers Watlington from [[Center, Texas|Center]], [[Texas]], en route to a funeral, were killed. Hutchinson's passenger, state senator [[Fay Boozman]], was gravely injured.<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1366458/posts Health Department director Fay Boozman dies in accident on Rogers farm] 2005</ref>  Hutchinson's car crossed the center line during a storm and struck the Watlington car, then a tractor-trailer hit both cars. Hutchinson pleaded no contest to driving left of the center line and operating a vehicle with worn tires. Hutchinson paid a $50 fine and $100 in court costs for his role in the accident.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-03-13/news/9703120990_1_hit-a-car-hutchinson-two-cars|title=Senator's Son Fined $50 For Part In Fatal Car Crash, September 7, 1997|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}</ref>
+On October 31, 1996, the week before his father was elected to the U.S. Senate, the then 22-year-old Hutchinson was involved in an automobile accident near Fayetteville, Arkansas in which a couple in their sixties, Jack Clinton Watlington and Reba Beavers Watlington from [[Center, Texas|Center]], [[Texas]], en route to a funeral, were killed. Hutchinson's passenger, state senator [[Fay Boozman]], was gravely injured.<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1366458/posts Health Department director Fay Boozman dies in accident on Rogers farm] 2005</ref>  Hutchinson's car crossed the center line during a storm and struck the Watlington car, then a tractor-trailer hit both cars. Hutchinson pleaded no contest to driving left of the center line and operating a vehicle with worn tires. Hutchinson paid a $50 fine and $100 in court costs for his role in the accident.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-03-13/news/9703120990_1_hit-a-car-hutchinson-two-cars|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130908161303/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-03-13/news/9703120990_1_hit-a-car-hutchinson-two-cars|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2013|title=Senator's Son Fined $50 For Part In Fatal Car Crash, September 7, 1997|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}</ref>
+His uncle by marriage is [[Kim Hendren]],  a veteran former state senator from [[Gravette, Arkansas|Gravette]] in Benton County. Hendren lost the U.S. Senate Republican primary in 2010 but was a successful candidate in 2014 for the District 92 seat in the Arkansas House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eagleobserver.com/news/2013/aug/27/hendren-announces-bid-representatives-sea-20130828/|title=Hendren announces bid for representative's seat, August 27, 2013|date=27 August 2013 |publisher=eagleobserver.com|accessdate=September 6, 2013}}</ref>
-Hutchinson's political extended family includes an uncle, [[Asa Hutchinson]], the current [[governor of Arkansas]] and former [[U.S. representative]] and undersecretary for the [[Department of Homeland Security]].
-His uncle by marriage is [[Kim Hendren]],  a veteran former state senator from [[Gravette, Arkansas|Gravette]] in Benton County. Hendren lost the U.S. Senate Republican primary in 2010 and was a successful candidate in 2014 for the District 92 seat in the Arkansas House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eagleobserver.com/news/2013/aug/27/hendren-announces-bid-representatives-sea-20130828/|title=Hendren announces bid for representative's seat, August 27, 2013|publisher=eagleobserver.com|accessdate=September 6, 2013}}</ref> Kim Hendren's son, [[Jim Hendren]], a cousin of Timothy Hutchinson, is the District 2 state senator from Benton County and the Senate Majority Leader.
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