Jimmy Gazaway | |
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Member of the
Arkansas House of Representatives from the 57th district | |
Assumed office January 2017 | |
Preceded by | Mary Broadaway |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Education |
Arkansas State University (
BA) University of Arkansas ( JD) |
Jimmy Gazaway is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 57th district. Elected in November 2016, he assumed office in January 2017.
Gazaway earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Arkansas State University in 2003 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 2006. [1]
Gazaway worked as an attorney at the Benson Law Firm from 2006 to 2008 before co-founding an independent law practice. Since 2008, he has also served as a prosecutor for the state and various local governments. He was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in November 2016 and assumed office in January 2017. [2] In March 2017, Gazaway sponsored a bill that would prohibit the release of video or audio that depicts the death of a police officer in the line of duty. [3] Since 2019, Gazaway has also served as chair of the House Joint Performance Review Committee.