Bill Sample
{{Short description|American politician}}
Bill Sample (born April 16, 1946){{cite web |title=Bill Sample |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Bill_Sample |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=31 March 2021 |language=en}} was a state legislator in Arkansas.{{cite web |title=Bill Sample |url=https://senate.arkansas.gov/senators/bill-sample/ |website=Arkansas Senate |access-date=31 March 2021 |language=en}}
Career
A Republican, he served in the Arkansas Senate between 2011 and 2023, representing Hot Springs,{{Cite web|url=https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Legislators/Detail?member=B.+Sample&ddBienniumSession=2013/2013R|title=Senator Bill Sample (R) - Arkansas State Legislature|website=www.arkleg.state.ar.us}} after having served three terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives beginning in 2005. He lives near Village, Arkansas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.swtimes.com/news/20190806/sample-updates-gac-on-legislative-issues|title=Times Record|first=LEWIS DELAVAN / Staff|last=writer|website=www.swtimes.com}} In 2022, he was narrowly defeated in the Republican primary by county commissioner Matt McKee,{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/race/2022-05-24-state_senate-R-AR-5855/|title=2022 Arkansas State Senate – District 6 Republican Primary Results|work=USA Today|date=May 24, 2022}} who would go on to win the general election.
Sample owned a pest control business. He was a Vice President for the Arkansas Pest Management Association in 2004 after serving as Regional Director in 2002.{{cite web |title=The Voter's Self Defense System |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/27839/bill-sample |website=Vote Smart |access-date=31 March 2021}}