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{{Short description|American politician (born 1949)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Jim Keet
|state_senate = Arkansas
|district     = 15th
|term_start   = January 1993
|term_end     = January 1997
|predecessor  = Constituency established
|successor    = [[Jim Argue]]
|state_house1 = Arkansas
|district1    = 58th
|term_start1  = January 1989
|term_end1    = January 1991
|predecessor1 = [[Dana Moreland]]
|successor1   = [[Paul Doramus]]
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1949|5|12}}
|birth_place  = [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]], [[Missouri]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|death_date   =
|death_place  =
|party        = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse       = Margaret Osborn
|children     = 4
|education    = [[Southern Methodist University]] ([[Bachelor of Business Administration|BBA]])
}}
'''James Holland Keet''' (born May 12, 1949), is an American [[restaurateur]] and politician in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], and a former member of the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]] and [[Arkansas Senate]]. Keet was the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee for [[List of governors of Arkansas|governor of Arkansas]] in [[2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election|2010]], but lost the race in a landslide to incumbent [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Mike Beebe]]. <ref>{{Citation|date=March 2, 2010|url=http://arkansasnews.com/2010/02/27/jim-keet-returns-for-governor/|title=Jim Keet returns . . . for governor?|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302194106/http://arkansasnews.com/2010/02/27/jim-keet-returns-for-governor/ |archive-date=2 March 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The audacity of Jim Keet|date=April 11, 2010|url=http://arkansasnews.com/2010/03/07/the-audacity-of-jim-keet/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411013755/http://arkansasnews.com/2010/03/07/the-audacity-of-jim-keet/ |archive-date=11 April 2010 }}</ref> He was also previously the Republican nominee for [[Arkansas's 2nd congressional district]] in [[1990 United States House of Representatives elections|1990]], losing to Democrat [[Ray Thornton]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-02-27 |title=Restaurateur is first to run against Beebe {{!}} Arkansas Democrat Gazette |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/feb/27/restaurateur-first-run-against-beebe-20100227/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.arkansasonline.com |language=en}}</ref>
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