Greg Standridge
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Greg Standridge
| image=Greg Standridge.png
| birth_date={{birth date|1967|5|6}}
| birth_place= Russellville, Arkansas, U.S.
| death_date={{death date and age|2017|11|16|1967|5|6}}
| death_place= Russellville, Arkansas, U.S.
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| state_senate=Arkansas
| district=16th
| term_start=April 2015
| term_end=November 16, 2017
| preceded=Michael Lamoureux
| succeeded=Breanne Davis
| party=Republican
| education = Arkansas Tech University (BBA)
| spouse=Karen Sue Standridge
| children=4
| parents=
| footnotes=
}}
Gregory Brian Standridge (May 6, 1967 – November 16, 2017) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate for District 16, which includes Newton and Pope counties and parts of Boone, Carroll and Van Buren counties in the northern portion of his state.{{Cite web|url=http://www.humphreyfuneral.com/obituaries/Gregory-Standridge/#!/Obituary|title=All Obituaries | Humphrey Funeral Service | Russellville AR funeral home and cremation}}
Early life and education
Standridge graduated from Russellville High School and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1987 from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville.
{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Gregory&qmi=B&qn=Standridge&qcs=Russellville%2C+AR&focusfirst=1|title=Gregory Brian Standfield|publisher=intelius|accessdate=April 17, 2015}}
Career
Standridge won a low-turnout special runoff election held on February 10, 2015, to succeed fellow Republican Michael Lamoureux, who resigned in November 2014 to become chief of staff in the new state administration of Governor Asa Hutchinson. Standridge defeated fellow Republican Stan J. Berry, 2,675 votes (53.6 percent) to 2,313 (46.4 percent).{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Greg_Standridge|title=Greg Standridge|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=April 17, 2015}}
Though he was elected in mid-February, Standridge was not allowed to fill the vacant Senate seat until April 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.couriernews.com/view/full_story/26536867/article-Overhauling-education-system|title=Overhauling education system|author=Greg Standridge|publisher=The Courier News|date=March 24, 2015|accessdate=April 17, 2015}}
Personal life
He and his wife, Karen Sue Flegel Standridge (born c. 1966), had four children.{{cite web|title=Greg Standridge's Biography|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/155967/greg-standridge#.VTEwnMstEqQ|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=April 17, 2015}} Standridge died of cancer at the age of 50.{{Cite web|last=KATV|date=2017-11-16|title=Arkansans react following Senator Greg Standridge's death at age 50|url=https://katv.com/news/local/state-senator-greg-standridge-dies-at-age-50|access-date=2021-09-22|website=KATV}}
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