A resident of Bella Vista, she was initially elected to the House in 2006 and assumed her position in January 2007.
Timothy Chad Hutchinson, Jeremy's twin brother from Springdale, previously served with his mother in the state House.
Tim and Randi Hutchinson are employed by the Dickstein Shapiro firm, he as senior advisor and she as an attorney, and the couple resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1996, Tim Hutchinson had preceded his brother as representative for the Third Congressional District.
Representative Hutchinson served on the Arkansas House Education Committee and was the chairman of the Subcommittee on Vocational-Technical Institutions.
[1] Representative Hutchinson sponsored legislation designed to (1) protect children from registered sex offenders, (2) further define the criminal act of voyeurism, and (3) ascertain that the legislature receives information on highway funding prior to each regular session and each fiscal session.
[2] In 2012, Hutchinson ranked 89 percent on the Arkansas Freedom Scorecard, which measures the votes cast by legislators in regard to issues relating to economic freedom, educational reform, "good government," personal liberty, small government, and tax/budget policy.
[2] Hutchinson considered educational issues the most vital to Arkansas because 60 percent of the state budget is earmarked for schools and universities.