Wood has worked as a farmer and businessman, serving two years on the Woodruff County Quorum Court,[2], before running for State Senate.
In a campaign managed by Darrell Glascock, the consultant credited for the victory of Tommy Robinson in the Second District two years before, he pushed Alexander to his narrowest win since his election in 1968.
http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/Documents/Historical%20Election%20Results/1986%20Election%20Results.pdf Archived 2017-02-10 at the Wayback Machine He has won many awards over the courses of careers, starting with being named one of the top three Young Ranchers and Farmers in Arkansas by the Farm Bureau in 1974, and 1976.
It is part of the State Auditor's job to locate abandoned bank accounts, stock certificates, mineral royalties and other lost assets.
[2] Jim Wood has faced several statewide reelections with relatively easy victories, winning against only an unheralded third party candidate in 2006.