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Biography
Chris Thomason is a former Arkansas state representative, former prosecutor, and the current chancellor of the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Personal life and education
Thomason earned a BA and JD from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Career
Thomason served as the deputy prosecuting attorney for Arkansas's 8th Judicial District North from 1999-2002, and served as the prosecuting attorney from 2006-2008. In between his two stints as a prosecutor, Thomason served two terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives. Thomason became chancellor of the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope in 2008.
Thomason has been mentioned as a potential candidate for Arkansas's 4th congressional district and for governor.