Terry Rice
| Terry Wilfred Rice | |
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| Member of the Arkansas Senate from the 9th district |
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Assumed office January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Bruce Holland |
| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 21st district |
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In office 2013 – January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Nate Steel |
| Succeeded by | Marcus Richmond |
| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 62nd district |
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In office January 2009 – January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Shirley Ann Walters |
| Succeeded by | Tommy Wren |
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| Born | 1954 Waldron, Scott County Arkansas, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | JoAnn A. Rice |
| Children |
Jeremy H. Rice |
| Alma mater | Waldron High School |
| Occupation |
Businessman in furniture and appliances |
Jeremy H. Rice
Businessman in furniture and appliances
Terry Wilfred Rice (born 1954) is a furniture and appliance store owner from his native Waldron, Arkansas, who has been since January 2015 a Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate for District 9, which includes Scott and Sebastian counties near Fort Smith.
From 2013 to 2015, he represented District 21 in the Arkansas House of Representatives. Term-limited in the House, he ran instead for the state Senate. From 2009 to 2013, he represented House District 62, having succeeded fellow Republican Shirley Ann Walters of Greenwood in Sebastian County.
Rice owns Rice Furniture and Appliance, Inc., in Waldron. He and his wife, JoAnn, are Baptists and have two grown sons. He is a former president and board member of the Arkansas Home Furnishing Association.
In 2008, Rice won the District 62 seat by defeating the late Democrat Bill Walters of Greenwood, 5,610 (53.2 percent) to 4,937 (46.8 percent). Bill Walters was the husband of Shirley Walters and a former Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate.
Both Rice's father and grandfather were Democratic members of the Arkansas House. Wilfred R. "Bud" Rice represented south Sebastian and Scott counties from 1977 to 1995. Bud Rice's father, Worth Rice, served in the House from Scott County from 1935 to 1939.
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