Charlie Daniels (politician)

Charles L. Daniels (December 7, 1939 – July 9, 2023) was an American Democratic Party politician from Arkansas.

He served as director of government affairs for the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation from 1980 to 1984.

[1] In 1984, he was elected as Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands, and was subsequently re-elected to four-year terms in 1986, 1990, 1994, and 1998.

[2] In 2010, he ran for State Auditor, opposed only by Green Party candidate Mary Hughes-Willis.

[3] Hoping to succeed him were Republican State Representative Andrea Lea, Democrat Regina Stewart Hampton and Libertarian Brian Leach.