Ken Bragg

Kenneth Wayne Bragg, known as Ken Bragg (born 1950), has been since January 2013 a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from District 15 in Grant County, a traditional Democratic stronghold in south Arkansas. He is a former member of the city council in Sheridan. He is Southern Baptist.^[1]

Bragg is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Bragg of Port Arthur, Texas.^[2] In 1972, Bragg received a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He has since that time been employed in the forestry industry, including a 25-year commitment to International Paper Company. In 2006, he joined Resource Management Service, in which capacity he oversees forest management activities on 300,000 acres in Arkansas. He is a member of the executive committee of the Arkansas Forestry Association.^[3]

In 2013, the Arkansas Timber Producers Association named Bragg "Legislator of the Year" for his sponsorship of legislation to eliminate the sales tax on forestry equipment, a move which the association contends will make the timber industry more competitive with its counterparts in surrounding states.^[4]

Bragg and his wife, Beverly J. Bragg (born 1951), originally from Port Arthur, Texas, have a son, Aaron Christopher Bragg (born 1977), a Certified Public Accountant in Little Rock, who in 2013 wed the assistant U.S. attorney Allison Courtney Waldrip.^[2] The Braggs also have a daughter with the married name Peacock.

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