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Private option looms large in GOP primary race between Sen. Bill Sample and challenger Jerry Neal

Our Reporter in the paper this week looks at three GOP state Senate primaries that could have an outsized impact on the future of the private option — the state's privatized version of Medicaid expansion which has been the defining issue in intra-party Republican squabbles. Here are some additional tidbits from one of those races, between Sen. Bill Sample and retired financial auditor Jerry Neal.
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Advocacy groups going after Republican private option supporters in primaries

A dizzying array of advocacy groups — at least ten 501c4s, 501c3s, PACs, and independent expenditure committees — co-founded and at least partially funded by Fayetteville businessman Joe Maynard, a vocal critic of the private option, have spent or donated tens of thousands of dollars this election cycle, focused on opposition to the private option. Much of it has been aimed at Rep. John Burris, now vying for an open Senate seat, one of the co-sponsors and key Republican backers of the private option. Meanwhile, AFP has only gone after one private option supporter in the primaries, leading to some puzzlement from opponents of the policy like Sen. Bryan King.
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