Career
In 2014, she unseated, 59 to 41 percent, the Democrat Fonda Hawthorne of Ashdown in an overall Republican sweep of Arkansas elections. In her first term in office, Vaught sits on the Select Committee for Rules, the committee on Aging, Children and Youth Legislative and Military Affairs, the committee for Revenue and Taxation, and the committee for Legislative Joint Auditory Commerce. Vaught graduated from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia.
She is affiliated with the Farm Bureau Federation.
She is a Baptist. In February 2015, Vaught joined dozens of her fellow Republicans and two Democrats in co-sponsoring legislation submitted by Representative Lane Jean of Magnolia, to reduce unemployment compensation benefits. The measure was promptly signed into law by Governor Asa Hutchinson.
In March 2015, Vaught spoke before the House in support of legislation dealing with the reporting of cases of child maltreatment and referred to her own experiences.
