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Bill Clinton to make another Arkansas campaign swing

As expected, Bill Clinton will make one more campaign swing through Arkansas in support of the Democratic ticket. Stops are planned Sunday in West Memphis, Texarkana, Blytheville and Fort Smith. Tickets are free, but required.
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Democratic Party raises new tax questions about Asa Hutchinson

The Democratic Party has raised questions for Asa Hutchinson on why there's no record his consulting company paid business personal property taxes in Pulaski County during five years it operated in Little Rock.
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Bill Clinton plans more campaigning in Arkansas

Former President Bill Clinton will return to Arkansas for campaign rallies Oct. 17-19 in Hot Springs, Hope, North Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Forrest City.

Democrats ramp up field operation to hang onto Arkansas

Molly Ball writes in The Atlantic about the massive operation by the Democratic Party to turn out the vote in November to save U.S. Senator Mark Pryor's seat and perhaps propel some more Democrats to victory elsewhere on the ball.
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Democrats rally women; Marion Berry helping Jackie McPherson in 1st District

The Democratic Party will roundup big names from the past and 2014 candidates at a dinner Saturday at Cajun's Wharf focusing on women and issues important to them. It's being called the Jimmie Lou Fisher-Lottie Shackelford Dinner, after the former state official Fisher and Shackelford, a longtime party leader.

Can the Kochs buy a U.S. Senate seat for Tom Cotton? They're trying.

The Washington Post reports on Arkansas as ground zero of the nuclear battle by financial titans to purchase control of the U.S. Senate for Republicans. The Koch political forces have spent at least $1.4 million already on misleading ads targeting Sen. Mark Pryor and put ground forces in the field. Democrats say they'll fight back.
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Arkansas's political realignment: It's a numbers game

Good commentary from Ed Kilgore of Washington Monthly on the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Democrat Mark Pryor and Republican Rep. Tom Cotton. It's about the state's political realignment from blue to red and the numbers that don't offer hope for Democrats that exist in other Southern states.

A Democrat lives in Benton County

The Arkansas House has 100 seats and I don't intend to keep up with all the campaigns for those seats, except in the broader picture of Democratic Party efforts to recruit sufficient forces to attempt to win back a majority, which Republicans currently hold with 51 seats.
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Democrats place a big bet on strategy to hold the Senate

The New York Times reports on an investment by the Democratic Party into a voter targeting strategy that, in short, aims to produce a better turnout among traditional constituencies — minorities, women — than typically expected in non-president election years.

Democratic Chair Vince Insalaco says Mark Darr must resign; and Blue Hog weighs in

Democratic Party Chair Vince Insalaco has responded to Lt. Gov. Mark Darr's announcement that he won't resign because of multiple law violations in misuse of office and campaign money.
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Democrats say shutdown helps candidate recruiting, including in Arkansas's 2nd District

The Hill reports that the House Republican-led government shutdown is helping Democrats recruit candidates. Well, Democrats would say that.

Republican JP Bob Johnson switches parties to run for state House as Democrat

Justice of the Peace Bob Johnson of Jacksonville, who ran as a Republican, has announced he's changing parties and will run as a Democrat for state representative for the seat currently held by Democrat Mark Perry, who's term limited.
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