FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 10, 2026 CONTACTJon-Austen LinchDirector of Communications and Legislative [email protected] RUTLEDGE APPOINTS ATTORNEY BETH WALKER TO ARKANSAS ETHICS COMMISSION LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Leslie Rutledge is proud to appoint Elisabeth A. (Beth) Walker of Little Rock to the Arkansas Ethics Commission to serve as a Commissioner effective February 10, 2026. […]
Meet Lieutenant Governor
Leslie Rutledge
Leslie Carol Rutledge was sworn in on January 10, 2023 as Arkansas’s 21st Lieutenant Governor and the first woman to ever hold the State’s second-highest office. Rutledge previously served two-terms as the 56th Attorney General of Arkansas from 2015-2023. She was also the first woman and first Republican elected to the office of Attorney General.
A seventh-generation Arkansan, Rutledge grew up on a cattle farm and attended school at the Southside School District in Independence County. From her mother, an elementary school teacher, and her father, a lawyer and a judge, Rutledge learned the importance of hard work and service. Rutledge is an Arkansas lawyer who has spent her career serving the public. ...