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Vivian Flowers

Vivian Flowers
Mayor-elect of Pine Bluff
Assuming office
TBD
SucceedingShirley Washington
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
from the 65th district
Assumed office
January, 2014
Preceded byDelia Haak
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock (BA, MA)

Vivian Flowers is an American politician who is the mayor-elect of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She serves in the Arkansas House of Representatives and is a Democrat. She is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.[1] She lives in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.[1]

She made a statement for the 50th anniversary of the Arkansas ACLU applauding its work and noting "Our rights are under attack."[2]

She and another politician who is African American were involved in an incident where police were called and a complaint filed in 2020. She has called for various police reforms after the incident.[3] She has represented Districts 17 and 65 in the Arkansas House since 2015.[4]

Flowers did not run for re-election to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 2024, opting instead to run for mayor of Pine Bluff, Arkansas.[5] Flowers defeated incumbent mayor Shirley Washington in the Democratic primary runoff in April 2024,[6] and defeated Libertarian John Fenley in the general election on November 5, 2024.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Vivian Flowers - Arkansas House of Representatives". www.arkansashouse.org.
  2. ^ "Vivian Flowers: 50 Years of Legislative Support". ACLU of Arkansas. November 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "State Rep. Vivian Flowers pursues policing changes after being approached by officers with guns drawn". Arkansas Online. February 11, 2020.
  4. ^ "Representative Vivian Flowers (D) - Arkansas State Legislature". www.arkleg.state.ar.us.
  5. ^ "State Representative Vivian Flowers to seek Pine Bluff's mayor spot". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. November 7, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  6. ^ Derby, Caroline (April 3, 2024). "Vivian Flowers wins Democratic primary run-off for Pine Bluff mayor". KARK. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  7. ^ Kienlen, Alex (November 6, 2024). "Vivian Flowers defeats John Fenley in race for Pine Bluff mayor". KARK. Retrieved November 20, 2024.