William Conner Eldridge Jr. (born September 9, 1977) is an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas.

[2] He graduated from Lonoke High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Davidson College in North Carolina 1999.

[2] Prior his legal career, Eldridge was named president of Arkadelphia's Summit Bank in July 2005 and joined the board of directors in March 2006.

[13] In an effort to combat child abuse and help children in violent and crime-ridden homes succeed in their school setting and in life, Eldridge launched the A-Chance program in August 2014.

[14] The program seeks to provide proper care for children following these traumatic events, empowering students to excel in school and break this cycle of violence.

Pursuant to a court order, over the course of an interception, investigators received numerous wire and electronic communications between Martin and his co-conspirators discussing the distribution of methamphetamine and collection of drug debts.

Through their investigation, agents learned that Martin was responsible for the distribution of ounce quantities of methamphetamine to various customers in the Western District of Arkansas.

"[16] In April 2015, Eldridge announced that Jamie B. Martin, age 36, of Waldo, Arkansas, was sentenced to 240 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.

Our office remains committed to vigilantly and aggressively prosecuting drug trafficking organizations across the Western District of Arkansas in order to eradicate the crime and violence they bring into our communities.”[15] In the early morning hours of June 20, 2010, Frank Maybee and Sean Popejoy of Green Forest, Arkansas, targeted five Hispanic men who had pulled into a gas station parking lot.

[17] Eldridge strongly condemned the actions of Maybee and Popejoy, saying, "Acts of violence that occur simply because of how someone looks are horrific.

Upon news of the verdict, Eldridge said, "We thank the jury – 12 individuals from communities across Northern Arkansas - for their careful consideration of the evidence and for holding the defendants accountable for their actions.

[18] Eldridge noted that Maybee and Popejoy were the first individuals sentenced under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr.

In 2015, Eldridge announced that he would challenge incumbent Republican John Boozman in the 2016 election to the United States Senate.

Eldridge said he planned to serve and make a difference for Arkansans that are increasingly "frustrated with a Washington that seems further and further removed from the real problems they face every day.

"[21] Drawing from his experience as a prosecutor and US Attorney, Eldridge said that if elected to the US Senate, he would introduce legislation that would increase the maximum sentence for child predators, including first-time offenders, to life in prison.