Winston Bryant is a former Democratic Secretary of State, the tenth Lieutenant Governor and attorney general of the U.S. state of Arkansas. He was born in Malvern, the seat of Hot Spring County. He is married to the former Susan Hughes and has one son, John Bryant. In 1960, Bryant graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia. He graduated in 1963 from University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville. He received a Master of Laws from George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. in 1970. He was a legislative assistant to the late U.S. Senator John L. McClellan from 1968-1971. Thereafter, he was a prosecuting attorney in his native Hot Spring County and a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1973-1977. Elected Secretary of State in 1976, he vacated the office after one term, describing it as "a glorified janitor's job." He unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas' Fourth District on 1978 which was being vacated by Ray Thornton, who ran for the U.S. Senate. Bryant led the five-man primary, but lost in a runoff to Union County Prosecuting Attorney Beryl Anthony, Jr. He was Elected Lieutenant Governor in 1980 and served one term under Republican Governor Frank White and three terms under Democrat Bill Clinton before being elected Attorney General in 1990. He won a close race for the post over future Congressman and Homeland Security Undersecretary Asa Hutchinson, and was reelected in 1994 over State Representative Mark Pryor. Wikipedia [ - ]

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