district religion children birth_place party preceded state_house birth_date term_start residence spouse article_title name occupation
52nd non-denominational christian two children place of birth missing republican john k. hutchison arkansas c. 1948 january 2015 jonesboro , craighead county arkansas joan tosh dwight tosh
 dwight crandall tosh retired arkansas state police officer
dwight tosh

dwight crandall tosh -lrb- born c. 1948 -rrb- , is a retired officer of the arkansas state police from jonesboro , arkansas , who is a republican member of the arkansas house of representatives for district 52 in craighead poinsett , jackson , and independence counties in the northeastern portion of his state .
in 2014 , tosh was nominated for the house when he unseated the short-term republican incumbent john k. hutchison , 894 to 588 votes , in the primary election held on may 20 .
he then handily defeated the democrat radius h. baker , 5,425 to 3,019 in the november 4 general election in which his party swept most of the offices in arkansas .
tosh is assigned to the house committees on : -lrb- 1 -rrb- state agencies and government affairs , -lrb- 2 -rrb- judiciary , and -lrb- 3 -rrb- legislative joint auditory .
in february 2015 , tosh joined dozens of his 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 .
tosh and his wife , joan , have two children .
he is a non-denominational christian .
he formerly resided in newport , forrest city , and bentonville , arkansas .
