Fonda Hawthorne
Fonda F. Hawthorne | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 4th district | |
| In office 2013–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Lane Jean |
| Succeeded by | DeAnn Vaught |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1956 Stuttgart, Arkansas County Arkansas, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Steve Hawthorne |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Ashdown, Little River County Arkansas |
| Alma mater | Texarkana College Ouachita Baptist University |
| Occupation | Economic Development Officer |
Fonda F. Hawthorne (born 1956) is a former one-term member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. She represented the 4th district from 2013 to 2015 for the Democratic Party. She served on the Public Transportation, City County and Local Affairs, and Legislative Joint Auditing committees.
Career
[edit]Prior to running for the Arkansas House of Representatives, Hawthorne was a member of the De Queen-Sevier County Chamber of Commerce.[1]
She ran for election for the 4th district of Arkansas in 2012, and served in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015 under the Democratic Party. She was defeated for reelection on November 4, 2014, by DeAnn Vaught, a Republican farmer from Horatio, Arkansas. Vaught won by a 59-41 margin in a general Republican sweep of Arkansas elections.[2]
In 2019, Hawthorne was sentenced to four months in jail for embezzling money from the Ashdown-Little River County Chamber of Commerce to buy alcohol and tobacco, which she claimed was the result of alcoholism, which she went to rehab for.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Lieb, David A. (15 Sep 1999). "Minority population continues to grow in the United States". The Hanford Sentinel. p. 8. Retrieved 20 Jun 2023.
- ^ "Arkansas 2014 general election results". thv11.com. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ^ Heyen, Curtis (2019-05-22). "Former Ark. lawmaker, chamber director sentenced to prison over theft". KSLA. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- 21st-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly
- People from Stuttgart, Arkansas
- People from Little River County, Arkansas
- Baptists from Arkansas
- Women state legislators in Arkansas
- Ouachita Baptist University alumni
- 21st-century American women politicians
- Politicians convicted of embezzlement