Julie Mayberry

Julie Ann Weidner Mayberry (born c. 1971) is a journalist and advertising executive who is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Saline and Pulaski counties in central Arkansas.

In January 2015, she succeeded her husband, Andy Mayberry in the position. After four years in the state House, Andy Mayberry left the position to run unsuccessfully in 2014 for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.^[1] He lost the Republican primary election on May 20, 2014 to U.S. Representative Tim Griffin of Arkansas's 2nd congressional district.^[2] Griffin then won the lieutenant governorship in the November 4 general election over the Democat John Burkhalter.

Mayberry holds a degree in Communications and Broadcast Journalism with a minor field in Theater from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. She works with her husband in the fields of Communications and Journalism. She is a former president of the Little Rock South Lions International.^[3]

The Mayberrys own the Mayberry Advertising Agency and The East Ender newspaper in East End in Saline County. They previously produced the Christian publications, The Spirit of Saline County and The Spirit Magazine, distributed to residents without charge. Mrs. Mayberry is a former co-host in Little Rock of KATV-TV's Daybreak morning news program and is director of the "I CAN!" dance program for special-needs children. The Mayberrys are members of East Union Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock.^[4] They reside in Hensley near Little Rock with their four daughters.^[3]

Prior to her coming to Arkansas, Mayberry formerly lived in a half dozen cities in Florida, including Lake Worth.^[5]

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