LegiStorm

Biographical

Family:

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Education

• Arkansas State University (Jonesboro) - BA, agriculture business and economics (1996)

• Alvirne High School (Hudson, N.H.) - Diploma

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  1st Congressional District of Arkansas
  Eric Alan Crawford (Rick), 100.00%

  Republican

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  1st Congressional District of Arkansas
  Eric Alan Crawford (Rick), 68.95%

  Republican
  Chintan Desai, 28.77%

  Democrat
  Elvis Presley, 2.28%

  Libertarian

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  1st Congressional District of Arkansas
  Eric Alan Crawford (Rick), 76.28%

  Republican
  Mark West, 23.72%

  Libertarian

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  1st Congressional District of Arkansas
  Eric Alan Crawford (Rick), 63.25%

  Republican
  Jackie Mcpherson, 32.38%

  Democrat
  Brian Scott Willhite, 4.36%

  Libertarian

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  1st Congressional District of Arkansas
  Eric Alan Crawford (Rick), 56.23%

  Republican
  Scott Ellington, 39.13%

  Democrat
  Jessica Paxton, 2.60%

  Libertarian
  Jacob Holloway, 2.03%

  Green

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  1st Congressional District of Arkansas
  Eric Alan Crawford (Rick), 51.79%

  Republican
  Christopher Chad Causey (Chad), 43.48%

  Democrat
  Ken Adler, 4.62%

  Green

Employment History

• John Deere Financial Inc.

  Marketing Manager

• Delta Farm Roundup TV

  Producer/Anchor

• KFIN-FM (Jonesboro, Ark.)

  Farm Director

• KAIT-TV Inc. (Jonesboro, Ark.)

  News Anchor

Associated Organizations

• Farm House Media LLC

• Ag Watch Media Ltd.

  Owner/Operator

• Nettleton Baptist Church (Jonesboro, Ark.)

• Craighead County (Ark.) Republican Party

  First Vice Chair

• National Association of Farm Broadcasting

  Member, Broadcast Council

• Arkansas 4-H Foundation Inc.

  Director

• Rural America Counts PAC

• Crawford for Congress (Arkansas)

• Asa for Governor (Arkansas) (2006)
  William Asa Hutchinson (Asa)

  Agriculture Policy Adviser

Awards

• Champion of the Merit Shop Award (Associated Builders and Contractors Inc.)

• Benjamin Franklin Public Policy Award (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)

• Champion of Rural Arkansas Award (Rural Community Alliance)

• Outstanding Alumnus Award (Arkansas State University (Jonesboro))

• Standing Up for American Seniors Award (RetireSafe)

• Defender of Limited Government Award (Institute for Legislative Analysis) (June 2023)

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

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

• True Blue Award (Family Research Council Action) (April 2019)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2019)

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

• Thomas Jefferson Award (International Foodservice Distributors Association) (April 2018)

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

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

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

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

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

• Friend of Farm Credit Award (AgriBank District Farm Credit Council) (July 2014)

• Friend of the U.S. Rice Industry Award (USA Rice Federation) (Feb. 2014)

• Benjamin Franklin Award (60 Plus Association) (July 2013)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (April 2013)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (April 2012)

• News Service Award (National Association of Farm Broadcasting) (2008)

• News Service Award (National Association of Farm Broadcasting) (2006)

Military History

• U.S. Army (1985-1989)

  Sergeant

  Served as an explosive ordnance disposal technician in the 56th Ordnance Detachment

Awards and Honors:

• Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge

• Army Good Conduct Medal

• Army Achievement Medal

Activities and Interests

• Hobbies: spending time with family, singing, playing guitar, playing in a band, cooking chili, watching old Western films
  

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	2422 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-0401
Phone:	202-225-4076
Fax:	202-225-5602

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Privately Financed Travel

2 trips taken in 2016 costing $7,440

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• Combat Mexican Drug Cartels Task Force
• House Agriculture Committee
House Agriculture Committee General Farm Commodities, Risk Management and Credit Subcommittee
• House Agriculture Committee Agricultural Labor Working Group, Co-Chair
• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency Subcommittee, Chair
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture Subcommittee
• House Science, Space and Technology Committee
House Science, Space and Technology Committee Environment Subcommittee
House Science, Space and Technology Committee Research and Technology Subcommittee
• House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Aviation Subcommittee
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Highways and Transit Subcommittee, Chair

Caucuses

• Anti-Value Added Tax Caucus
• Aquaculture Caucus
• Bipartisan Congressional Cuba Working Group, Co-Chair
• Bureau of Prisons Reform Caucus
• Congressional Advanced Air Mobility Caucus
• Congressional Air Force Caucus
• Congressional Aluminum Caucus
• Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus
• Congressional Army Caucus
• Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus
• Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on Korea
• Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
• Congressional Central America Caucus
• Congressional Chicken Caucus, Co-Chair and Founder
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption
• Congressional Crop Insurance Caucus
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus
• Congressional Explosive Ordnance Disposal Caucus, Co-Chair and Founder
• Congressional Farmer's Cooperative Caucus
• Congressional FFA Caucus
• Congressional Fire Services Caucus
• Congressional French Caucus
• Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus
• Congressional Manufactured Housing Caucus
• Congressional Mental Health Caucus
• Congressional Military Veterans Caucus
• Congressional Mississippi River Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Motorcycle Caucus
• Congressional Motorsports Caucus
• Congressional National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus
• Congressional New Americans Caucus
• Congressional Peanut Caucus
• Congressional Ports Opportunity, Renewal, Trade and Security Caucus
• Congressional Prayer Caucus, Vice Chair
• Congressional Rodeo Caucus, Co-Chair and Co-Founder
• Congressional Rural Broadband Caucus
• Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus
• Congressional Steel Caucus, Chair
• Congressional Taiwan Caucus
• Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus
• Congressional TRIO Caucus
• Congressional Unexploded Ordnance/Demining Caucus
• Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus
• Congressional Vision Caucus
• Congressional Western Caucus
• Congressional Working Forests Caucus
• Congressional Youth ChalleNGe Caucus
• Conservative Climate Caucus
• European Union Caucus
• House Energy Action Team
• House General Aviation Caucus
• House Republican Conference
• I-69 Congressional Caucus
• Nuclear Energy Caucus
• Olympic and Paralympic Caucus
• Rice Caucus, Co-Chair and Founder
• Second Chance Task Force
• Skilled American Workforce Caucus

Caught Our Eye

• Farm Bureau adds GOP ag expert

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 26, 2019
  An ex-agriculture lobbyist has returned to the government-affairs world, this time with two years of Hill experience. read more

• Transportation Committee adds Morgan Stanley director

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 21, 2019
  A Morgan Stanley director is now the GOP’s top House staffer on pipelines and railroads. read more

• Give that chicken caucus co-founder a cigar

  Posted by J. Todd Foster on April 18, 2016
  A co-founder of the Congressional Chicken Caucus recently traveled to Cuba to learn how that island nation farms tobacco, grapefruit and sugar. read more

• Nearly 50 members have yet to file financial disclosures

  Posted by LegiStorm on July 19, 2011
  Half of the members of Congress who received extensions to file their personal financial disclosures at the May deadline have since filed, leaving nearly 50 lawmakers who have yet to file. read more

• Many lawmakers granted financial disclosure extensions

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 15, 2011
  Twenty senators and 75 representatives requested an extension of the May deadline and did not have a 2011 personal financial disclosures in today's release. read more

• Wide range of staff pay by House freshmen

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 9, 2011
  Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Colo.) was the most generous freshman member of Congress, with a payroll of $243,431 in his first three months of office. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), on the other hand, had by far the lowest total payroll, not even breaking six digits. read more