---
type: Person
title: "Tara Shephard"
description: "AR House District 79 — AR State House of Representatives District 79"
role: "AR House District 79"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "AR"
district: "AR State House of Representatives District 79"
represents: "us/states/ar/districts/house/79"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-09"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "b9a98e31-44a8-4a9a-aa57-132c87c63d6a"
  office: "8f990252-f16c-4805-af9d-fe0bf0c98082"
  tenure: "69dd4379-a5c9-48d4-a458-a2add2e761fd"
  jurisdiction: "f8915929-6f38-437c-9f46-321f552b9260"
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"
---

# Tara Shephard

Current AR House District 79 (AR State House of Representatives District 79).

Represents [AR State House of Representatives District 79](/us/states/ar/districts/house/79.md).

## Sources

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

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