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Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• Southern College of Optometry - OD (1977)

• University of Arkansas at Little Rock - Pre-optometry requirements (1969-1972)

  Activities and notes: Football

• Northside High School (Fort Smith, Ark.) - Attended

Office History

Election Results

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Arkansas (Class 3)
  John Nichols Boozman, 59.77%

  Republican
  Willam Conner Eldridge Jr. (Conner), 36.17%

  Democrat
  Frank Gilbert, 3.96%

  Libertarian

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Arkansas (Class 3)
  John Nichols Boozman, 57.90%

  Republican
  Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln, 36.95%

  Democrat
  Trevor Drown, 3.24%

  Independent
  John Laney Gray III, 1.85%

  Green

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Arkansas
  John Nichols Boozman, 78.53%

  Republican
  Abel Noah Tomlinson, 21.47%

  Green

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Arkansas
  John Nichols Boozman, 62.23%

  Republican
  Woodrow Anderson, 37.77%

  Democrat

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Arkansas
  John Nichols Boozman, 59.32%

  Republican
  Jan Judy, 38.09%

  Democrat
  Dale Morfey, 2.59%

  Independent

• 2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Arkansas
  John Nichols Boozman, 98.90%

  Republican

Associated Organizations

• Boozman for Arkansas

• Arkansas for Leadership Political Action Committee

• Rogers (Ark.) Public Schools

  Board Member

• BoozmanHof

  Co-Founder

• Smithsonian Institution (2015-)

  Member, Board of Regents

Awards

• Change for Champion Award (March of Dimes Inc.) (March 2024)

• Legislator of the Year Award (National Association of State Veterans Homes) (Feb. 2024)

• Legislator of the Year Award (Wounded Warrior Project Inc.) (Sept. 2023)

• Congressional Award (Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States) (March 2023)

• Congressional Champion Award (Rural Community Assistance Partnership) (March 2023)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Sept. 2022)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2022)

• Golden Plow (American Farm Bureau Federation) (July 2022)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Nov. 2020)

• Golden Gavel Award (U.S. Senate) (July 2020)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (2020)

• Senate Legislator of the Year Award (Disabled American Veterans) (March 2019)

• Friends of National Service Award (Voices for National Service) (Feb. 2019)

• Distinguished Service Award (Voices for National Service) (2019)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Nov. 2018)

• Democracy Award for Constituent Service (Congressional Management Foundation) (July 2018)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2018)

• Conservative Achievement Award (American Conservative Union) (May 2017)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)

• Distinguished Public Service Award (U.S. Air Force) (Dec. 2016)

• Friend of Farm Bureau Award (Arkansas Farm Bureau) (Oct. 2016)

• Legislator of the Year Award (Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police) (Oct. 2016)

• Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Award (National Association of Manufacturers) (Oct. 2016)

• Champion of Healthcare Innovation (Healthcare Leadership Council) (May 2016)

• Thomas Jefferson Award (International Foodservice Distributors Association) (April 2016)

• True Blue Award (Family Research Council Action) (March 15, 2016)

• Champion of Healthcare Innovation (Healthcare Leadership Council) (Nov. 2015)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (May 28, 2015)

• Distinguished Christian Statesman Award (D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship) (2014)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	555 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Phone:	202-224-4843
Fax:	202-228-1371

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Privately Financed Travel

5 trips taken between 2002 - 2010 costing $13,984

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 1/24/2014: Permit to visit Volcanoes National Park and mountain gorillas from Rwanda

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Congressional Staff

Committees

• Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
• Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, Ranking Member
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Commodities, Risk Management and Trade Subcommittee, Ex Officio
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Conservation, Climate, Forestry and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Ex Officio
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics and Research Subcommittee, Ex Officio
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems and Food Safety and Security Subcommittee, Ex Officio
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Rural Development and Energy Subcommittee, Ex Officio
• Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee Defense Subcommittee
Senate Appropriations Committee Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
Senate Appropriations Committee Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Senate Appropriations Committee Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Ranking Member
Senate Appropriations Committee State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee
Senate Appropriations Committee Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee
• Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Fisheries, Water and Wildlife Subcommittee
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
• Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee

Caucuses

• Anti-Value Added Tax Caucus
• Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
• Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus
• Congressional Arthritis Caucus
• Congressional Assisting Caregivers Today Caucus
• Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus
• Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus
• Congressional Boating Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
• Congressional Caucus on the Deadliest Cancers
• Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans
• Congressional Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Caucus
• Congressional Coalition for Autism Research and Education
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption
• Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus
• Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus
• Congressional Farmer's Cooperative Caucus
• Congressional Fire Services Caucus
• Congressional French Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Wales Caucus
• Congressional Glaucoma Caucus
• Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus
• Congressional Mississippi River Caucus
• Congressional Prayer Caucus
• Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Study Group on Europe, Co-Chair
• Congressional Study Group on Germany
• Congressional Task Force on Down Syndrome
• Congressional TRIO Caucus
• Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus
• Congressional Vision Caucus
• European Union Caucus
• Friends of Australia Caucus
• International Conservation Caucus, Co-Chair
• Rare Disease Caucus
• Senate 4-H Caucus, Chair
• Senate Afterschool Caucus
• Senate Air Force Caucus, Co-Chair
• Senate ALS Caucus
• Senate Army Caucus
• Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus
• Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism
• Senate Broadband Caucus, Co-Chair
• Senate Career and Technical Education Caucus
• Senate Chemistry Caucus
• Senate Chicken Caucus
• Senate College Free Speech Caucus, Co-Founder
• Senate Community Development Finance Caucus
• Senate Community Health Centers Caucus
• Senate Community Pharmacy Caucus
• Senate Cybersecurity Caucus
• Senate FFA Caucus, Co-Chair and Co-Founder
• Senate General Aviation Caucus, Co-Chair
• Senate Hunger Caucus, Co-Chair
• Senate Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Caucus
• Senate India Caucus
• Senate Korea Caucus
• Senate Law Enforcement Caucus
• Senate Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Caucus
• Senate Manufactured Housing Caucus
• Senate Manufacturing Caucus
• Senate Marine Corps Caucus
• Senate Mental Health Caucus
• Senate National Guard Caucus
• Senate Oceans Caucus
• Senate Olympic and Paralympic Caucus
• Senate Paper and Packaging Caucus, Co-Chair
• Senate Prescription Drug Abuse Caucus
• Senate Pro-Life Caucus
• Senate Real Estate Caucus
• Senate Recycling Caucus, Co-Chair
• Senate Republican Conference
• Senate Rural Health Care Caucus
• Senate Taiwan Caucus
• Senate Travel and Tourism Caucus
• Senate Unmanned Aerial Systems Caucus
• Senate Veterinary Medicine Caucus
• Senate Western Caucus
• Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus
• United Service Organizations Congressional Caucus
• Voices for National Service

Caught Our Eye

• Sen. Boozman LD moves to university federal relations

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 19, 2022
  After ten years working for the Senate, a senior aide to Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.) has a new job in federal relations. read more

• Lobbyist returns to Hill for Senate Agriculture GOP

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 20, 2022
  A GOP staffer is back to the Hill, now with agricultural lobbying experience under his belt. read more

• Sen. Boozman daughter lobbying for JPMorgan Chase Holdings

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 24, 2017
  After four years with the company, the daughter of Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.) is officially lobbying for JPMorgan Chase Holdings. read more

• Ex-staffer back on Hill after a decade absence

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 1, 2016
  Laura McAleer is back on Capitol Hill working for Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.) as senior defense adviser after a decade away as a lobbyist and in the military. read more

• Westerman hires engineering industry lobbyist as chief of staff

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on March 31, 2015
  A new chief of staff on the Hill is back after an eight-year lobbying stint. read more

• A speech about nothing? Staffers make final jeers, watch plans ahead State of the Union

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Jan. 20, 2015
  Between the official announcements and guest lists, congressional staffers took to Twitter to make their final digs - and give their honest thoughts - before live-tweeting begins in earnest during tonight's State of the Union address. read more

• New members start hiring staff

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Nov. 10, 2014
  They have volunteered with the Peace Corps, produced TV news in Texas and helped write a retrospective on Mitt Romney's plans to transition to the White House. read more

• Womack legislative director jumps to lobby and law firm

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Sept. 17, 2014
  Rep. Steve Womack's (R-Ark.) legislative director has moved to major lobby and law firm Alston and Bird LLP. read more