Ken Bragg

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name=Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Bragg

| birth_place=Port Arthur, Texas

| birth_date={{birth date and age|1950|8|7}}

| residence=Sheridan, Arkansas, US

| death_date=

| death_place=

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| state_house=Arkansas

| district=15th

| term_start=January 2013

| term_end=

| preceded=

| succeeded=

| office2=Majority Leader of the Arkansas House of Representatives

| term_start2=2015

| term_end2=2017

| preceded2=Bruce Westerman

| succeeded2=Mathew Pitsch

| party=Republican

| alma_mater=Stephen F. Austin State University

| occupation=Forester, politician

| spouse=Beverly J. Bragg

| children=2

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}}

Kenneth Wayne Bragg (born August 7, 1950)[https://static.ark.org/eeuploads/arml/91st_AR_General_Assembly.pdf 91st Arkansas General Assembly Legislative Directory] is an American politician in Arkansas. He has served since January 2013 as a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 15 in Grant County, a traditional Democratic stronghold. In 2015, his colleagues named him the House Majority Leader, a position he held for two years.

Bragg is a former member of the city council in Sheridan. He is Southern Baptist.{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/340/ |title=Ken Bragg, R-15 |publisher=arkansashouse.org |access-date=September 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116114902/http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/340/ |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}

Bragg is the son of the former Eula Mae Harrington and Lawrence C. Bragg, a sergeant in World War II; the couple lived in Port Arthur, Texas.{{cite web|url=http://www.nwabridalcommunity.com/main/engagement.html?ID=6531 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130917005712/http://www.nwabridalcommunity.com/main/engagement.html?ID=6531 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 17, 2013 |title=Allison Courtney Waldrip and Aaron Christopher Bragg |publisher=nwabridalcommunity.com |access-date=September 16, 2013 }} In 1972, Bragg received a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. Since that time he has been employed in the forestry industry, including a 25-year commitment to International Paper Company. In 2006, he joined Resource Management Service, in which capacity he oversees forest management activities on {{convert|300000|acre|ha}} in Arkansas. He is a member of the executive committee of the Arkansas Forestry Association.{{cite web|url=http://www.resourcemgt.com/About-Us/Leadership/Operations/US-Operations/Regional-Managers/Ken-Bragg|title=Regional Managers: Ken Bragg|publisher=resourcemgt.com|access-date=September 16, 2013}}

In 2013, the Arkansas Timber Producers Association named Bragg "Legislator of the Year" for his sponsorship of legislation to eliminate the sales tax on forestry equipment, a move which the association contends will make the timber industry more competitive with its counterparts in surrounding states.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/BraggForStateRep|title=Ken Bragg for State Representative|publisher=facebook.com|access-date=September 16, 2013}} His Facebook page shows his political views as conservative.

Bragg and his wife, Beverly J. Bragg, originally from Port Arthur, Texas, have a son, Aaron Christopher Bragg (born 1977), a Certified Public Accountant in Little Rock, who in 2013 wed the assistant U.S. attorney Allison Courtney Waldrip. The Braggs also have a daughter.

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