David Fielding
{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = David Fielding
|image = David Fielding.jpg
|state_house = Arkansas
|district = 5th{{cite web |url= http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/266/David-Fielding |title= David Fielding |publisher= Arkansas House of Representatives |location= Little Rock, Arkansas |access-date= April 16, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181113204403/http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/266/david-fielding |archive-date= November 13, 2018 |url-status= dead }}
|term_start = January 1, 2011
|term_end = January 9, 2023
|predecessor = Willie Hardy
|successor = Wade Andrews
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|6|20}}
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|nationality = American
|party = Democratic
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|residence = Magnolia, Arkansas, U.S.
|alma_mater = Southern Arkansas University
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David Fielding{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/80254 |title= David Fielding's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |access-date= April 16, 2014}} (born June 20, 1955)[https://static.ark.org/eeuploads/arml/91st_AR_General_Assembly.pdf 91st Arkansas General Assembly Legislative Directory] is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives representing District 5 from 2011 until 2023.
Education
Fielding attended Southern Arkansas University.{{Cite web |title=The Voter's Self Defense System |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/80254/david-fielding |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200318070539/https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/80254/david-fielding |archive-date=2020-03-18 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Vote Smart |language=en-US}}
Elections
- 2022 Fielding was opposed for the November 8, 2022 General Election. Losing the race to Republican Wade Andrews.{{cite web |url= https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/115767/web.307039/#/detail/1550|title= Election Night Reporting}}
- 2012 Fielding was unopposed for both the May 22, 2012 Democratic primary{{cite web |url= http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/39376/83979/en/summary.html |title= Arkansas State Primary Election May 22, 2012 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arkansas |location= Little Rock, Arkansas |access-date= April 16, 2014}} and the November 6, 2012 general election.{{cite web |url= http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/42843/113233/en/summary.html |title= Arkansas State General Election November 6, 2012 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arkansas |location= Little Rock, Arkansas |access-date= April 16, 2014}}
- 2010 When District 5 Representative Willie Hardy left the Legislature and left the seat open, Fielding placed first in the three-way May 18, 2010 Democratic Primary with 1,866 votes (49.6%),{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=211&contestid=74 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140417045630/http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=211&contestid=74 |url-status= dead |archive-date= April 17, 2014 |title= 2010 Preferential Primary Election |publisher= Secretary of State of Arkansas |location= Little Rock, Arkansas |access-date= April 16, 2014}} won the June 8 runoff election with 1,545 votes (53.7%),{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=221&contestid=7 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140417025608/http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=221&contestid=7 |url-status= dead |archive-date= April 17, 2014 |title= 2010 General Primary (Runoff) Election |publisher= Secretary of State of Arkansas |location= Little Rock, Arkansas |access-date= April 16, 2014}} and was unopposed for the November 2, 2010 General election.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20181113204403/http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/266/david-fielding Official page] at the Arkansas House of Representatives
- {{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 80254 | fec = | congress = }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20181113204403/http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/266/david-fielding David Fielding] at Ballotpedia
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=140434 David Fielding] at OpenSecrets
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:African-American state legislators in Arkansas
Category:Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
Category:21st-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly
Category:People from Columbia County, Arkansas
Category:Southern Arkansas University alumni
Category:21st-century African-American politicians
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