How an independent can get elected
Today let’s talk about two independents who were on Arkansas’ March 3 ballot – one explicitly independent, one functionally so. The explicit one lost badly. The functional one won easily.
Category: Politics
Arkansas Advocate: What is the Franklin County prison project?
A 3,000-bed prison plan derided as ‘Arkansas Alcatraz’ and a ‘mega prison’ by critics is getting national attention
Arkansas Advocate: Norris requests recounts in GOP runoff for secretary of state
Bryan Norris announced Thursday he’s requested recounts in multiple Arkansas counties after losing the Republican runoff for secretary of state to Kim Hammer by fewer than 1,000 votes
Arkansas Advocate: Hammer wins Republican nomination for Arkansas secretary of state
Kim Hammer, a state senator who has sponsored several restrictions on Arkansas’ elections and initiative process, has won the Republican nomination for secretary of state
Will SOS runoff voters care about ‘salty language’?
How important is a candidate’s use of online “salty language”?
Hogs’ Silverfield seeks players; legislators seek answers
The University of Arkansas will struggle to keep up unless the Walton family focuses its attention on football instead of a medical school, a world-class art museum, and hiking and biking trails
COMMENTARY: Voters sent Sarah Sanders a message in primaries. What lesson will she take from it?
After candidates backed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders were defeated in last week’s primary elections, Arkansas’ Republican governor is unlikely to embark on a tour of contrition similar to that of former Gov. Bill Clinton