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Who is John Vines?

Vines (born September 14, 1973) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives representing District 25 since January 2011. He is ineligible under state term limits legislation to seek a fourth term in the House in 2016.

Where did John Vines get his bachelors degree?

Vines earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas and his JD from the University of Arkansas School of Law .

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Credentials

2000, Arkansas U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas and U.S Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Overview

John T. Vines (born September 14, 1973) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives representing District 25 since January 2011.
He is ineligible under state term limits legislation to seek a fourth term in the House in 2016.

Education

Vines earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas and his JD from the University of Arkansas School of Law.

Elections

• 2012 Vines was unopposed for the May 22, 2012 Democratic Primary and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 6,615 votes (62.4%) against Republican nominee Michael Jones.
• 2010 When House District 25 Representative Gene Shelby ran for Arkansas Senate and left the seat open, Vines won the May 18, 2010 Democratic Primary with 1,461 votes (46.1%), and was unopposed for the November 2, 2010 General election.

Arkansas House Bill 2028

In 2013 Vines introduced House Bill 2028, "An Act To Regulate The Practices Of Credit Card Issuers; And To Establish The Terms To Be Used In Credit Card Transactions." The Bill "established the terms to be used in credit card transactions", including the legal definition for "creditor" to mean "a person, business, financial institution, or commercial enterprise that owns the credit card account." The law was voted in by the Senate on April 18, 2013, and by the Hous…

Popular culture

John Oliver featured a video of Vines introducing the Bill on his twenty-minute segment on Debt Buyers on his June 6, 2016 HBO show, Tonight with John Oliver.

External links

• Official page at the Arkansas House of Representatives
• Campaign site
• Profile at Vote Smart
• John T. Vines at Ballotpedia