district state_senate religion children birth_place party preceded birth_date term_start residence spouse article_title name occupation alma_mater
16th arkansas southern baptist four children place of birth missing republican michael lamoureux c. 1967 april 2015 russellville , pope county karen sue standridge greg standridge
 gregory brian `` greg '' standridge insurance agent arkansas tech university
greg standridge

gregory brian standridge , known as greg standridge -lrb- born c. 1967 -rrb- , is an insurance agent from russellville , arkansas , who is a republican member of the arkansas state senate for district 16 , which includes newton and pope counties and parts of boone , carroll and van buren counties in in the northern portion of his state .
standridge graduated in 1987 with a degree in business administration from arkansas tech university in russellville .
he has worked in insurance since 1987 and also owns access self storage company .
he is a former constable in pope county , a volunteer firefighter , and is the president of the pope county fair board .
he is affiliated with lions international and the masonic lodge .
he is a member of the first baptist church of russellville .
he and his wife , karen sue standridge -lrb- born c. 1966 -rrb- , have four children .
standridge won a low-turnout special runoff election held on february 10 , 2015 , to succeed fellow republican michael lamoureux , who resigned in november 2014 to become chief of staff in the new state administration of governor asa hutchinson .
standridge defeated fellow republican stan j. berry -lrb- born c. 1954 -rrb- , also of russellville , 2,675 votes -lrb- 53.6 percent -rrb- to 2,313 -lrb- 46.4 percent -rrb- .
though he was elected in mid-february , standridge was not allowed to fill the vacant senate seat until april 2015 .
