Colby Fulfer
Member of the Arkansas Senate
from the 7th district
In office
February 22, 2022 – January 9, 2023
Preceded byLance Eads
Succeeded byClint Penzo
Personal details
Political partyRepublican

Colby Fulfer is an American politician who served in the Arkansas Senate representing the Springdale area from 2022 to 2023.

Education

Fulfer graduated from the Shiloh Christian School.[1]

Career

Fulfer worked at the Westfield Chapel Funeral Home and serves as chief of staff to Springdale Mayor Doug Sprouse.[2] A Republican, he was narrowly elected to the Arkansas Senate in a 2022 special election to replace Lance Eads, who had resigned in 2021.[3]

He assumed office on February 22, 2022 and served during the fiscal session of the 93rd Arkansas General Assembly, as well as a special session called by Governor Asa Hutchinson, and did not seek reelection.

He was succeeded by State Representative Clint Penzo.

Electoral history

Fulfer was elected to the Arkansas Senate in the Special Election held in February 2022. In the Republican primary, he received the highest number of votes but because he did not break 50% of the vote went to a runoff election against first-time candidate Steve Unger. In the runoff election, he defeated Unger narrowly 52-48%.

In the special general election, he defeated Democrat Lisa Parks by just 32 votes, or 0.8%.

2021 Arkansas State Senate 7th district special election Republican primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Colby Fulfer 1,388 46.66
Republican Steve Unger 943 31.7
Republican Jim Bob Duggar 456 15.33
Republican Edge Nowlin 188 6.32
Total votes 2,975 100.0
2021 Arkansas State Senate 7th district special general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Colby Fulfer 2,033 50.4
Democratic Lisa Parks 2,001 49.6
Total votes 4,034 100.0

References

  1. ↑ "Colby Fulfer". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  2. ↑ "Bio - Colby Fulfer". 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  3. ↑ "Colby Fulfer wins race for State Senate District 7 by slim margin". KFSM-TV. February 8, 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  4. ↑ "2021 Special Primary Election for State Senate District 7". results.enr.clarityelections.com. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.


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