In the 2014 general election, Rushing unseated the Democratic incumbent David Kizzia, 4,369 (51.4 percent) to 4,126 (48.6 percent).
[1] She
serves on the House committees of (1) Judiciary Committee, (2), Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs, (3) Select committee for Rules, and (4) the Legislative Joint Auditing.[2]
Rushing is heavily involved in various activities of the National Association of Realtors. She is a member of the Baptist Church. She graduated from Fountain Lake High School in Hot Springs. Rushing graduated John Brown University with a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership. She has a son, Kevin Rushing of Centerton, Arkansas. She is also the mother of the late Tara Rushing Watts, and has 3 grandchildren.[2] She formerly lived in Fayetteville, Arkansas.[3][4]
In 2002, Rushing and her mother, Lorna Jean Nobles, opened Trademark Real Estate in Hot Springs.
Laurie married Kenneth Henderson in March 2023. They own and operate Trademark HSV Real Estate.