Reginald Murdock is a Democratic member of the Arkansas State Senate representing District 9, which includes Crittenden and Phillips Counties and parts of Lee and St. Francis Counties. Elected to the Senate in 2022 and sworn in on January 9, 2023, he previously served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022. Notable achievements include sponsoring Act 909 in 2011 to create the Adult Sickle Cell Clinic at UAMS, reducing treatment costs; leading 2015 legislation granting school districts the same waivers as public charter schools; and Act 347 of 2023 standardizing waiver criteria for public schools and charters. He also sponsored Act 877 in 2021 requiring electric utilities to prepare emergency plans for severe weather and Act 691 clarifying Teacher Retirement System participation.

Education and Political Experience

No specific details on formal education are available from public records. Murdock's political experience includes serving as Arkansas House Representative for multiple terms and roles such as Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore from the 1st Congressional District in 2015 and 2017, vice-chair of the House Education Committee, vice-chair of the House Insurance and Commerce Committee, and vice-chair of the Joint Performance Review Committee.

In the Senate, he is vice chair of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and Senate Insurance and Commerce Committee, and serves on the Senate Education Committee, Joint Retirement and Social Security Committee, Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, Senate Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Committee, Joint Performance Review Committee, Joint Budget Committee, Arkansas Legislative Council, and various subcommittees. He was the first Arkansas state legislator to test positive for COVID-19 on April 1, 2020.