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Mark Pryor
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{{Infobox Senator | name=Mark Pryor
| nationality=american
| image name=Mark_Lunsford_Pryor.jpg
| jr/sr and state=Junior Senator,
Arkansas
| party=
Democratic Party (United States) Democratic
| term=January, 2003–Present
| preceded=
Tim Hutchinson
| succeeded=Incumbent (2009)
| date of birth=
January 10,
1963
| place of birth=
Fayetteville, Arkansas Fayetteville,
Arkansas
| dead=alive
| date of death=
| place of death=
| spouse=Jill Pryor
| religion=
Christian
}}
'''Mark Lunsford Pryor''' (born
January 10,
1963) is a
politician in
Arkansas.
As of 2005 he is currently a
United States Democratic Party Democratic United States Senate Senator for the state of Arkansas, having defeated incumbent
United States Republican Party Republican Tim Hutchinson in
U.S. Senate election, 2002 2002. He was the only Democrat to defeat a Republican incumbent in that election cycle. Pryor currently sits on the Commerce Committee, Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, and the Select Committee for Ethics.
On May 23, 2005, Pryor was one of
Gang of 14 fourteen senators to forge a compromise on the Democrats' use of the judicial
filibuster, thus blocking the Republican leadership's attempt to implement the so-called "
nuclear option". Under the agreement, the Democrats would retain the power to filibuster a Bush judicial nominee only in an "extraordinary circumstance", and the three most conservative Bush
appellate court nominees (
Janice Rogers Brown,
Priscilla Owen and
William H. Pryor, Jr. William Pryor) would receive a vote by the full Senate.
Pryor is one of the few Democrats in the Senate to oppose legal abortion.
Background
Before the election, he was the state
Attorney General, from 1999. He was also a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1991-1994. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 2000.
He is the son of former Senator and governor
David Pryor David H. Pryor. He has a son named Adams and a daughter named Porter.
External links
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Official website
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Attorney General Attorney General of Arkanasas| before=
Winston Bryant | after=
Mike Beebe | years=1999–2002}}
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Tim Hutchinson| start=2003| alongside=
Blanche Lincoln}}
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{{Current U.S. Senators}}
Category:1963 births Pryor, Mark
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Category:Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives Pryor, Mark
Category:People from Arkansas Pryor, Mark
Category:Sigma Alpha Epsilon brothers Pryor, Mark
Category:United States Senators from Arkansas Pryor, Mark
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