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 [...]
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 [...]
Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, who narrowly survived a tight Democratic primary fight, is getting some heavyweight help in her Senate battle against Rep. John Boozman. Bill Clinton, who helped Lincoln narrowly defeat Bill Halter earlier this summer, will again stump for the senator as she seeks a third term, according to a press release [...]
Arkansas Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln narrowly escaped defeat in a primary and then again in a runoff, but there’s nothing narrow about the margin that four-term Republican Rep. John Boozman has over Lincoln in her bid for re-election, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Aug. 18. Boozman, who won his primary outright, leads Lincoln [...]
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