William Asa Hutchinson II (born December 3, 1950) is an American businessman, attorney, and politician, serving since 2015 as the 46th Governor of Arkansas.
Previously he was U.S.
Attorney for the Fort Smith-based Western District of Arkansas, U.S.
Congressman from the Third District of Arkansas, Administrator of the U.S.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the first Undersecretary for Border & Transportation Security at the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security.
In 2006, Hutchinson was the Republican nominee for governor of Arkansas, but was defeated by Democratic candidate Mike Beebe, the outgoing state attorney general.
In 2014, Hutchinson was again the Republican nominee for governor, this time winning the election by defeating Democratic U.S.
Representative Mike Ross.
He won re-election in 2018 with nearly two thirds of the vote.