Trevor Drown

Ronald Trevor Drown
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
from the 68th district
In office
January 2015 – January 2019
Preceded byRobert E. Dale
Succeeded byStan Berry
Personal details
Bornc. 1970
Russellville, Pope County
Arkansas, USA
Political partyRepublican
SpouseKara Drown
ChildrenAyden and Ella Drown
Parent(s)Ronald S. and Donna F. Drown
Residence(s)Dover, Pope County
Arkansas, USA
Alma materArkansas Tech University
OccupationSergeant Major, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

Mississippi National Guard

Businessman
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army

United States Air National Guard

United States Air Force Reserve

Ronald Trevor Drown (born c. 1970),[1] is a U.S. Army Green Beret, a Sergeant Major (E-9) in the 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and a businessman from Dover, Arkansas, who was a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 68 in Pope and Van Buren counties in the north central portion of his state. Drown ran in 2018 for election as Arkansas secretary of state.

Military Service:

In 2005 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, Global War on Terror, Drown was deployed as part of a Special Forces A Team operating out of Forward Operating Base Robinson in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. In 2015, Master Sergeant Drown was called to active duty and deployed to Juba, South Sudan on individual special assignment. Drown returned to the United States in July 2016 and ordered off of active duty in August 2016. A small businessman, he was also formerly employed as a driver for United Parcel Service.

Political History:

Drown joined the Republican Party to contest the District 68 state House seat vacated by the term-limited Republican Robert E. Dale. To gain the Republican nomination, he first handily defeated in the May 20 primary election two intra-party rivals, Zachary Tyler Sellers and Ingram Philips.

Drown then won handily in the November 4 general election over the Democrat Tachany Evans, 9,847 votes (77.9 percent) to 2,222 (22.1 percent)

Drown ran for election as Arkansas secretary of state in 2018 but was defeated by John Thurston in the Republican primary.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Ronald T. Drown". intelius.com. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Kendrick, Taylor (May 22, 2017). "Representative Trevor Drown to Run for Secretary of State in 2018". KARK-TV. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "State Land Commissioner officially announces he will seek State Secretary of State's Office". Talk Business & Politics. October 23, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  4. ^ "Decision 2018: Arkansas primary election results". WMC Action News. May 22, 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-19.