Maj Tim Griffin, USAR (JAG) (R-AR-2) of Little Rock, Arkansas has been serving in the US Army Reserve for 14 years and is running for election for Congress in the 2nd Congressional District of Arkansas. He was running against Congressman Vic Snyder; on January 15, 2010 with Maj Griffin 17 points ahead of Snyder, Snyder announced he would not seek reelection. He is running against State Senator Joyce Elliot (D-Little Rock) the State Senate Majority Leader. Tim Griffin is a fifth generation Arkansan and was born in Charlotte, NC on August 21, 1968; he grew up in Magnolia as the youngest son of a minister and teacher, where he attended public school and graduated from Magnolia High School in Magnolia, Arkansas in June 1986. Tim went on to graduate cum laude with a BA from Hendrix College in June 1990. Tim attended graduate school at Oxford University, Pembroke College, Oxford, England where he studied British and European History from 1990 to 1991. Tim Griffin went on to Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he graduated cum laude with a JD degree in May 1994.
Tim Griffin received a direct commission as a First Lieutenant in the US Army Reserve, in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, on June 15, 1996; on March 20, 2000 he was promoted to Captain. Over the course of 13 years in the US Army Reserve, he has risen to the rank of Major. In September 2005, Captain Griffin was mobilized for active duty In May 2006, Captain Griffin was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division and deployed to Iraq. From May through August 2006, he served as a US Army JAG Officer in Mosul, Iraq, as a member of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team Brigade Operational Law Team. Major Griffin was awarded with a Combat Action Badge for combat action in Mosul, Iraq, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with 5 oak leaf clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with 4 oak leaf clusters, the Army Meritorious Unit Commendation and multiple campaign service medals for overseas duty. Maj Griffin is currently assigned as the Command Judge Advocate for the Southeast Medical Area Readiness Support Group (SE-MARSG) in Nashville, Tennessee.
Maj Griffin is the founder of the Griffin Law Firm. PLLC in Little Rock; he is licensed to practice in both Arkansas and Louisiana. From 1997-1999, Tim served as Senior Investigative counsel for the committee responsible for investigating waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government---the Government Reform Committee, US House of Representative. From 2001-2002, Tim served as Special Assistant US Attorney to the US Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Arkansas. He served as the Research Director and Deputy Communications Director for the Republican National Committee (RNC) during the 2004 presidential campaign and Deputy Research Director for the RNC during the 2000 presidential campaign. In 2005, Tim served as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director, Office of Political Affairs of the White House. In that capacity, his duties included organizing and coordinating support for the nomination of Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to be Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. From 2006-2007 he served as the US Attorney for the Eastern district of Arkansas. Tim served on the board of the Florence Crittenton Home for Unwed Mothers, is active in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas, is a life member of Friends of Central Arkansas Libraries, and is a member of the Pike County Historical Society. Maj Griffin is a member of the NRA, the VFW, the American Legion, the Reserve Officer’s Association, and the Military Officer’s Association of America. Tim and his wife, Elizabeth, are members of the ImmanuelBaptistChurch of Little Rock; Elizabeth and Tim have a 2 ½ year old daughter and 2 month old son.
Maj Griffin has received the Republican nomination to run for Congress in the 2nd Congressional District of Arkansas. He has been endorsed by the NRCC, Cong Eric Cantor (Republican Whip), Cong Ed Bethune (Ret), Cong Jay Dickey (Ret), State Rep Jane English (42nd District), State Rep Allen Kerr (32nd District), State Rep Jonathan Dismang (49th District), The US Chamber of Commerce, American Conservative Union PAC, Iraq Veterans for Congress, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Primary), Arkansas Federation of College Republicans, MAJGEN William C. Page, Jr. USA (Ret), Judge Lanny Fite (Saline County), Justice of the Peace Barbara Howell (District 4), Justice of the Peace Phil Stowers (District 13), Justice of the Peace Bill Gipson (District 4), Justice of the Peace Steve Goode (District 3), Tom Cox (CEO/Owner Waco Manufacturing), Margaret McEntire (CEO/Founder Candy Bouquet Int.), Warren Stephens (CEO Stephens, Inc.), and many other city and state Republican officials.
A Veteran is someone who, at one point of his life, wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America” for an amount “up to and including his life. If you review Maj Griffin’s positions on his Web site, you would be pleased with his stands; they agree with the Combat Veterans For Congress Mission Statement. We look forward to working with Maj Griffin, and are pleased that a Combat Veteran of his caliber is running for Congress. If you have friends, associates, or relatives who know voters in the 2nd Congressional District of Arkansas, kindly pass this E-mail on to them, and ask them to support Maj Griffin by working in his campaign, providing financial support for his campaign in any amount, and/or by networking with others who would be willing to support his campaign.
