Education
Argue attended Little Rock Public Schools, graduated from Little Rock Hall High School|Hall High School, and earned a bachelor"s degree in history and political science from Hendrix College in 1973.
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Jim Argue
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Jim served in the Arkansas House of Representatives for six years prior to being elected to the State Senate in 1996. He was re-elected to the Senate in 2000 and 2002. He was Chairman of the Senate Education Committee.
He served on the State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee, the Joint Budget Committee, the Joint Energy Committee, the Legislative Joint Audit Committee, the Legislative Council and the Senate Efficiency Committee.
Argue was named a Flemming Fellow in 1997 by the Center Foreign Policy Alternatives in Washington, District of Columbia and completed a year-long course of study focused on creative solutions to state problems. In 1981 Jim became President of the United Methodist Foundation of Arkansas.
Under his leadership, foundation assets have grown from $67,000 to over $76,000,000. The foundation develops and administers charitable endowment funds to support United Methodist ministries in Arkansas.
He is past president of the board of Good Shepherd Ecumenical Retirement Center.
He serves on the boards of Saint Vincent Medical Center and the National Conference for Community and Justice. He serves on the boards of the Arkansas Travelers Baseball Club and the Arkansas Historical Society. Jim is married to Elise Carey Argue, and they have two daughters.
Sarah and Emily.
Elise is a former Company-President of the Central High School Parent Teacher Association.
Achievements
Membership
He was a Democratic member of the Arkansas Senate, representing the 2nd District from 1996 to 2008. Previously he was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1995 through 2001. He has served two terms as a director of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory in Austin, Texas, and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Southern Regional Education Board in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Political Party
Democratic party