Jim Bob Duggar for U.S. Senate - Biography
Jim Bob was born and raised in Springdale, Arkansas. He attended Springdale Public Schools and graduated from Shiloh Christian School in 1983. At age 18, he obtained his Real Estate License to became a fourth generation Realtor in the Duggar family. Jim Bob married his best friend and high school sweetheart, Michelle Ruark in 1984. They have been happily married for 17 years. He and his wife worked diligently and started their small business in Springdale, which they owned and operated for 12 years. Together they conduct Financial Freedom Seminars encouraging debt-free living and have become successful commercial real estate investors. They have thirteen children, whom they consider precious gifts! He is a member and deacon of Bible Grace Fellowship Church.
Duggar’s public service began in 1998 with his election to the Arkansas House of Representatives where he has served two consecutive two year terms. He is a two-term member of the House Judiciary Committee and currently serves as Vice-Chair of Corrections and Criminal Law Sub-Committee and is a member of the Insurance and Commerce Committee.
While in the House, Jim Bob had a good working relationship with fellow legislators, yet, he was willing to stand alone when it was best for those he served. He was an outspoken critic of Electric Deregulation and one of two in the entire House and Senate that voted against it. Duggar fought for tax relief by authoring a bill to decrease used car sales tax and a bill to eliminate property taxes on your home. He was the author of the Internet Filter Bill that Governor Huckabee signed into law, protecting our public school students from pornography.
Duggar believes in strengthening families, eliminating government waste, and allowing tax payers to keep more of what they earn. He encourages small business development and growth. Jim Bob is a member of the National Rifle Association and supports the right to bear arms. He believes in a strong national defense, and in honoring our veterans. He will continue to be an advocate for senior citizens, the disabled and the unborn.
Hell, he'd be assassinated here in Nashville by the local income redistributors for that little gem and leave 15 kids daddy-less. God bless his efforts.
At age 18, he obtained his Real Estate License to became a fourth generation Realtor in the Duggar family...
Duggar’s public service began in 1998...
He is a two-term member of the House Judiciary Committee...
There's your answer Graybeard - a Realtor, and a Politician. So indirectly, your tax dollars HAVE paid for this.