Jim Dotson

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Jim Dotson

|birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|44|2022}}

|birth_place = Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S.

|state_senate = Arkansas

|district = 34th

|term_start = January 9, 2023

|term_end =

|preceded = redistricted

|succeeded =

|state_house1 = Arkansas

|district1 = 93rd

|term_start1 = January 14, 2013

|term_end1 = January 9, 2023

|preceded1 = redistricted

|succeeded1 = redistricted

|residence = Bentonville, Arkansas

|party = Republican

|spouse = Jennifer Dotson

|children = 3

|alma_mater = Northwest Arkansas Community College

}}

Jim Dotson (born 1977/1978) is an American politician.{{Cite web|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/sep/04/senate-race-pits-gop-libertarian/|title=Senate race pits GOP, Libertarian|first=Doug|last=Thompson|work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|date=September 4, 2022|access-date=September 16, 2022}} He has represented part of Benton County, Arkansas in the Arkansas Senate since 2023. Previously, he represented a similar constituency in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2013 to 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jim_Dotson|title=Jim Dotson|work=Ballotpedia|access-date=September 16, 2022}}

Dotson was born in Bentonville, Arkansas,{{Cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/111482/jim-dotson|title=Jim Dotson's Biography|work=Vote Smart|access-date=September 16, 2022}} and attended Northwest Arkansas Community College.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2022/apr/08/experience-abounds-in-district-34-primary-race/|title=Experience abounds in District 34 primary race|first=Doug|last=Thompson|work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|date=April 8, 2022|access-date=September 16, 2022}} In 2013, he was elected for the 93rd district of the Arkansas House of Representatives, assuming office on January 14, 2013. In 2014, Dotson began working as a real estate agent at Gibson Real Estate.

In 2022 he was elected for the 34th district of the Arkansas Senate, defeating Peter Christie, mayor of Bella Vista, Arkansas, in the Republican primary, and Libertarian Jean Pierre DeVilliers in the general election.