How a giant fraud settlement relates to Arkansas, the Arkansas lottery, the D-G's endorsement of the severance tax increase, the end of Ken Aden's campaign and more — all covered this week.
Ken Aden, the longshot Democratic candidate for 3rd District Congress — buffeted recently by reporting on his exaggeration of his Army record — has distributed a news release saying he's dropping out of the race against incumbent Republican Rep. Steve Womack.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette tried for a period to discourage petition canvassers from working the edges of their July 4 patriotic symphony and fireworks show. But police intervened and the public park grounds ultimately were opened to all.
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/06/28/democratic-3rd-district-candidates-resume-paddingI mentioned earlier the Democrat-Gazette's reporting today on discrepancies it found in checking the military record of Ken Aden, the Democratic candidate for 3rd District Congress.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette got to the bottom, apparently, of questions about the military record of Ken Aden, the Democrat waging the lost-cause battle against U.S. Rep. Steve Womack in the Third Congressional District.
No great partisan divide emerged as filing closed for Arkansas political office. Democrats and Republicans are guaranteed wins in about an equal number of House and Senate seats.
North Little Rock lawyer Jay Martin, a former Democratic state representative, has said he's inclined to make the race against incumbent Republican Rep. Tim Griffin in a district, given Pulaski County's proclivities, that should be winnable by a Democrat.
Third District Democratic congressional Ken Aden gets a mention for his position on gun regulation in an MSNBC article about New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's self-financed push for action against illegal guns.
Absent a solid development in finding the killer, I'm inclined to move on past the slaying of a cat belonging to a campaign worker for Ken Aden, the Democratic candidate for 3rd District Congress.