LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former President Bill Clinton swung through Arkansas this week for a handful of campaign stops in his home state, taking a few hard-hitting swings at Republican opponents who are attacking his old friends running for office. On Thursday morning, Clinton joined 2nd Congressional District candidate Joyce Elliott for a rally in [...]
BATESVILLE, Ark. – President Bill Clinton descended on this small college town Wednesday with a mission: To stop the Republican wave threatening his state. An hour and half away from Little Rock in north-central Arkansas, Batesville sits on the edge of the 1st Congressional District, which has been Democratic since the Reconstruction Era. This district [...]
The poster child for political jeopardy this year is Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Democrat of Arkansas. On the surface, it appeared that Lincoln, a seasoned, victorious veteran of four federal campaigns, had adroitly threaded the political needle in preparation for re-election. Since becoming a senator in 1998, she has played the role of independent Blue Dog [...]
Former President Bill Clinton hits Arkansas again Wednesday to campaign for his home-state Democrats. Clinton will appear in Jonesboro, a college town in Arkansas’ 1st Congressional District, in an evening rally in an airplane hanger. A press release states that Clinton will campaign for incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln, 1st CD candidate Chad Causey and “the [...]
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) needs all the help she can get in her battle to hang on to her seat, and Wednesday she gets an assist from Joe Biden. The vice president travels to Boston, where he will attend a fundraiser for the two-term senator, CNN reported. Lincoln, who narrowly survived a Democratic primary against [...]
The Stonewall Democrats in Arkansas are not happy with Blanche Lincoln. In fact, members of the group feel like they have “egg on their face,” according to one e-mail after Lincoln’s vote Tuesday on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Lincoln and Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor were the only two Democrats who joined all 40 Republicans in [...]
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