Mary Priscilla Hickerson known as Prissy Hickerson (born 1951) is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from District 1 which includes Texarkana and Miller County in southwestern Arkansas. She has held this seat since January 2011 when she ran without opposition.Prior to 2009 Hickerson served for ten years under appointment from Governor Mike Huckabee as a member of the Arkansas Highway Commission. She is one of only two women to have chaired the panel. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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