Bethany has a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of North Carolina and a master's degree in English from the University of Central Arkansas. She and her husband, Mike, have two children. They attend Perry United Methodist Church.

Bethany owns a political consulting company, Absolute Campaign Strategies, LLC. She used to teach high school in Arkansas and in Marietta.

Bethany Ballard's campaign for state representative is her first entry into politics.

Wants to cut government programs to limit spending to only essential services.

Supports lower taxes and eliminating state income tax.

- Wants to cut government programs to limit spending to only essential services. 
- Supports lower taxes and eliminating state income tax. 
- Wants to deregulate business.

Economy

As of July 5, 2022, Bethany Ballard’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

Healthcare

Education

Wants to "empower our local law enforcement and prosecutors to defend our community from threats that would steal our rights away from us."

Supports increasing funding for the police to investigate and arrest gang members.

- Wants to "empower our local law enforcement and prosecutors to defend our community from threats that would steal our rights away from us." 
- Supports increasing funding for the police to investigate and arrest gang members. 
- Supports 2nd Amendment rights.

Public Safety

Bethany Ballard

Ariel is currently pursuing a philosophy degree. She and her wife, Jasmine, live in Warner Robbins.

Ariel is a manufacturing analyst. She was in the Air Force as a radar technician.

Ariel Phillips' campaign for state representative is her first entry into politics.

As of July 5, 2022, Ariel Phillips’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Ariel Phillips

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