---
type: Person
title: "Matthew Shepherd"
description: "AR House District 97 — AR State House of Representatives District 97"
role: "AR House District 97"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "AR"
district: "AR State House of Representatives District 97"
represents: "us/states/ar/districts/house/97"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-09"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "e67ff320-43dd-49d6-93a0-1b9c501a82ee"
  office: "c6a9a2da-f4d1-4cf1-9dda-34f5dbfc6148"
  tenure: "c2b133f9-d293-45d9-97ae-583b86c37946"
  jurisdiction: "5bda141e-0dd2-4edb-956b-ef9421e277d4"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ar]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Matthew Shepherd

Current AR House District 97 (AR State House of Representatives District 97).

Represents [AR State House of Representatives District 97](/us/states/ar/districts/house/97.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).