Jessica DeLoach is a political analyst and strategist who serves as one of Arkansas’s leading progressive voices. She is a regular contributor to Talk Business & Politics and her written work has appeared in various publications throughout the state. In 2015, she earned her first award from the Arkansas Press Association for her editorial work on campaign finance titled “Negative Spending,” which was featured in the Southwest Arkansas News.

As the co-contributor to KARK Channel 4’s Political Plays, Jessica provides a weekly analysis of local, state, and national issues and serves as a regular progressive voice on KATV Channel 7’s Sunday morning political show, Talk Business. She is also a regular roundtable contributor to KARK 4’s Sunday morning show, Capitol View.

In 2015, Jessica was named to AY Magazine’s Class of Powerful Women in commemoration of Women’s History Month. Her work in political journalism and campaigns has also been recognized by the Democratic Committee of Pulaski County and the Democratic Party of Arkansas, who named her the 2013 Jeffrey Ledbetter Young Democrat of the Year. Jessica was also named by Soiree Magazine as one of 2012’s Women to Watch, and by the Arkansas Times in 2011, where she was profiled as one of eight young Arkansans under 35 doing extraordinary work for their state and nation in a feature titled “Who Cares Now.”

Jessica is a W.K. Kellogg Foundation NextGen Scholar and a Friday Sturgis Scholar, and earned a triple major in Political Science, Theater Arts, and Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. As an undergraduate, Jessica served as vice president of the student body and was a member of the UALR Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy and the Chancellor’s Leadership Corp. In 2006, she earned her certification in Philanthropy and Voluntary Service from Georgetown University. As a current member of Class X at the Clinton School of Public Service, Jessica is working to obtain a Masters in Public Service and has already started working toward a second master’s degree in public administration.

Outside of politics and the arts, Jessica gives back to her community by serving on the boards of the Arkansas Literacy Councils, the Historic Arkansas Museum, the UALR Foundation Fund, and as a gubernatorial appointee to the Council on Gifted Education and as a third term commissioner to the Arkansas Alternative Energy Commission. She is also an active member of the Junior League of Little Rock.