Mark Pryor

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Mark Pryor

Image:Mark Pryor.jpg
Office:	Junior Senator, Arkansas
Political party:	Democratic
Term of office:	January, 2003–Present
Preceded by:	Tim Hutchinson
Succeeded by:	Incumbent (2009)
Date of birth:	January 10, 1963
Place of birth:	Fayetteville, Arkansas
Spouse:	Jill Pryor

Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is a politician in Arkansas.

As of 2005 he is currently a Democratic Senator for the state of Arkansas, having defeated incumbent Republican Tim Hutchinson in 2002. He was the only Democrat to defeat a Republican incumbent in that election cycle.

On May 23, 2005, Pryor was one of 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 Pryor) would receive a vote by the full Senate.

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 H. Pryor. He has been referred to as a "Great Kid" by Dick Trammel, known around the state as Mr. Rogers, Arkansas.

External links

• Official website

Preceded by: Winston Bryant	Attorney General of Arkanasas 1999–2002	Succeeded by: Mike Beebe
Preceded by: Tim Hutchinson	U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Arkansas 2003–	Succeeded by: Incumbent

Image:Flag of Arkansas.svg	Arkansas Congressional Delegation serving in the 109th United States Congress
Senators	Blanche Lincoln (D), Mark Pryor (D)
Representative(s)	Marion Berry (D), Vic Snyder (D), John Boozman (R), Michael Avery Ross (D)
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