Poll: Cotton behind, Sanders not far ahead
Sen. Tom Cotton and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders are definitely still the favorites to win in November. But the election just got more interesting.
Category: Politics
Arkansas Advocate: Watermelons and Arkansas politics collide in Hope festival
In a town that’s moved further to the right over the decades, politics was a sore subject even as candidates worked the crowds or faced off in its infamously messy watermelon-eating contest
Governor has money, opponents had debate
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders does not need John Calipari’s $7,000 to win re-election this November, but she received it nonetheless
Gov. Huckabee and Gov. Tucker, 30 years ago
This month marks the 30-year anniversary of the day Arkansas faced a constitutional crisis – when, for several hours, it wasn’t clear who its governor was
SOS candidates debate how the people should rule
How should the people rule in a state whose motto is “the people rule”? Arkansas’ three secretary of state candidates debated the answers before the Arkansas Press Association June 26.
Andrew DeMillo: Don’t fight Arkansas school vouchers by governing like Trump
Fred Love isn’t the first elected official promising to use his executive power to circumvent the legislative process
Andrew DeMillo: The declaration’s lesson: Credibility matters. Arkansas leaders should take notice.
“Let facts be submitted to a candid world,” the declaration states before outlining the litany of offenses by the king that prompted the colonies to seek independence.