KUAR | By Talk Business & Politics Staff
Jimmie Lou Fisher, one of the state’s longest serving constitutional officers and the first female major party nominee for Arkansas governor, has died, according to a Twitter statement from the Democratic Party of Arkansas. Additional sources have confirmed her passing.
Fisher, a resident of Paragould, was 80-years-old.
Fisher, a Democrat, was first elected county treasurer in Greene County, a post she held for eight years. In 1979, Clinton, then governor, appointed her to state auditor to fill a vacancy. Two years later, she was elected state treasurer, an office she held for 22 years until term-limited.
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Former President Bill Clinton speaks with Democrat candidate for Arkansas governor Jimmie Lou Fisher, left, at a Democratic Party rally on Aug. 26, 2002, in West Memphis, Ark.