Wes Wagner

{{short description|American politician and attorney}}

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|name=Wes Wagner

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|state_house=Arkansas

|state=Arkansas

|district=54th

|term_start=2013

|term_end=2015

|preceded=Hudson Hallom

|succeeded=David Wallace

|party=Republican 2016-Present; Democratic (until 2016)

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|alma_mater=Arkansas State University
University of Tulsa

|occupation=Attorney

|spouse=Katy

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Wes Wagner is an attorney who was a Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, for the 54th district in the northeastern portion of his state.{{cite news|title=Wes Wagner Announces for State Representative|url=http://www.thetown-crier.com/story/1618727.html|accessdate=21 December 2013|newspaper=The Town Crier|date=16 March 2010}}

Wagner was unseated after a single term in the November 4, 2014 general election by the Republican Dave Wallace, a town council member in Leachville and a decorated United States Army officer in the Vietnam War.

In the 2016 election, Wagner switched parties, becoming a Republican and entering the primary election, where he narrowly lost to Johnny Rye.{{cite web |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/58350/163701/Web01/en/summary.html |title= 2016 Election Results|author= |date=March 16, 2016 |website= |publisher=Arkansas Secretary of State |access-date=October 13, 2022}}