Editing Mark Pryor (section)

{{Short description|American attorney & politician (born 1963)}}
{{About|the United States Senator||}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Mark Pryor 
|image        = Mark Pryor, Official Portrait, 112th Congress (2011) 1.jpg 
|caption      = Official portrait, 2011
|jr/sr        = United States Senator
|state        = [[Arkansas]]
|term_start   = January 3, 2003
|term_end     = January 3, 2015
|predecessor  = [[Tim Hutchinson]]
|successor    = [[Tom Cotton]]
|office1      = 53rd [[Arkansas Attorney General|Attorney General of Arkansas]]
|governor1    = [[Mike Huckabee]]
|term_start1  = January 12, 1999
|term_end1    = January 3, 2003
|predecessor1 = [[Winston Bryant]]
|successor1   = [[Mike Beebe]]
|office2      = Member of the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]]
|term_start2  = January 14, 1991
|term_end2    = January 9, 1995
|constituency2= 59th district (1991–1993)<br>57th district (1993–1995)
|preceded2    = [[Gloria Cabe]]
|succeeded2   = Lisa Ferrell
|birth_name   = Mark Lunsford Pryor
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1963|1|10}}
|birth_place  = [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]], U.S.
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|party        = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] 
|spouse       = Joi Pryor
|children     = 2
|father       = [[David Pryor]]
|education    = {{indented plainlist|
*[[University of Arkansas|University of Arkansas<br>]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])}}
|signature    = Mark Pryor Signature.svg
|website      = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20150103073030/http://www.pryor.senate.gov|Senate website}}
|module       = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Sen. Mark Pryor Testifies on Toy Safety.ogg|title=Mark Pryor's voice|type=speech|description=Mark Pryor testifies on toy safety at a [[United States Senate Committee on Appropriations|Senate Appropriations Committee]] hearing<br/>Recorded September 12, 2007}}
}}
'''Mark Lunsford Pryor''' (born January 10, 1963) is an American attorney, politician and lobbyist who served as a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Arkansas]] from 2003 to 2015. He previously served as [[Arkansas Attorney General|Attorney General of Arkansas]] from 1999 to 2003 and in the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]] from 1991 to 1995. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://voterrecords.com/voter/68970127/mark-pryor|title=Mark L Pryor from North Little Rock, Arkansas {{!}} VoterRecords.com|website=voterrecords.com|access-date=March 18, 2018}}</ref>

Born in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]], Pryor is the son of former [[List of governors of Arkansas|Arkansas Governor]] and U.S. Senator [[David Pryor]]. He received his bachelor's degree [[University of Arkansas at Fayetteville]] and his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from its law school. He worked in private practice for several years until being elected to the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]] in 1990. He was elected the state attorney general in 1998. Pryor announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2001, running for the same Senate seat his father had held from 1979 to 1997. He was [[2002 United States Senate election in Arkansas|elected]] with 54% of the vote, defeating [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] incumbent [[Tim Hutchinson]].

He was reelected with no Republican opposition in [[2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas|2008]]. During the [[112th Congress]] he served as the chairman of the [[United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance|Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance]]. Pryor ran for reelection in [[2014 United States Senate election in Arkansas|2014]], but was defeated by Republican [[Tom Cotton]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://editions.lib.umn.edu/smartpolitics/2014/11/04/mark-pryor-loss-makes-us-senat/ |title= Mark Pryor Loss Makes US Senate History |work=Smart Politics |first=Eric |last=Ostermeier |date= November 4, 2014}}</ref> In 2020, Pryor was hired as a lobbyist by [[Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck]].<ref name="Mark Pryor changes lobbying teams">{{cite web |last1=Brantley |first1=Max |title=Mark Pryor changes lobbying teams |url=https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2020/11/02/mark-pryor-changes-lobbying-teams |website=Arkansas Times|date=November 2, 2020 }}</ref><ref name="Pryor, Mark L - Employment History">{{cite web |title=Pryor, Mark L - Employment History |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=78746 |website=OpenSecrets |access-date=7 October 2021}}</ref> He is the most recent Democrat to serve in the U.S. Senate from Arkansas.