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Arkansas Democrats still have to pick their candidate in a June 8 runoff, but for now Republican John Boozman holds sizable leads over both his potential rivals in the state’s U.S. Senate race. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Arkansas, taken Wednesday night, shows Boozman, the winner of Tuesday’s state GOP Primary, with 66% support in a match-up with Senator Blanche Lincoln. The Democratic incumbent picks up just 28% of the vote. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate in the race, and four percent (4%) are undecided. If Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter is his opponent,...

The Chamber of Commerce has a fascinating post up at its Chamberpost blog recounting a series of e-mails between its own blogger Brad Peck and Markos Moulitsas, founder of Daily Kos, the popular left-wing site. It began when Kos claimed in an April 30 post on his site that the Chamber was funding, via a group called Americans for Job Security, an ad attacking Arkansas Senate Democratic primary candidate Bill Halter, whom Kos is supporting. Peck e-mailed Kos to inform him that he was incorrect. The Chamber was in no way connected to

By most accounts, the two most vulnerable senators up for re-election this year are Democrats Harry Reid of Nevada and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas. The problems for Reid have been well chronicled. He has to balance his role as Senate majority leader, shepherding a mostly liberal party in Washington to pass President Obama's agenda, while retaining appeal among more conservative voters back home. Reid has been trailing generic Republicans in the polls for months; his supporters insist that when the GOP nominates someone real and not generic, the senator will win. Lincoln's problems in Arkansas may be more severe. In...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter said Monday he's seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Blanche Lincoln, challenging the two-term incumbent as she faces the toughest fight of her political career. Halter's spokesman provided a statement Monday in which the one-term lieutenant governor said he would file papers this week for the U.S. Senate. Halter is the only Democrat to formally announce a challenge to Lincoln, a moderate who has been under pressure in Washington to support President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter issued a statement Saturday endorsing Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, but the political endorsement was e-mailed from a government computer at his state office. Arkansas law prohibits the use of government resources for political purposes. When asked about the e-mail, Halter spokesman Garry Hoffmann said it was his idea and his mistake. "I guess I should have sent it from my home computer. I just wasn't thinking," Hoffmann said. "If that's a screw up, sorry. I'm kind of new at this." Hoffmann, who has worked for Halter since December,...

Bill Halter- the Jon Carey of Arkansas You know, education -- if you make the most of it, you study hard and you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq." -"joke" by John Kerry Some Military Personel who know who John Kerry was really talking about. ___________________________________________________ But For Most Of His Life He's Earned A Living From A Taxpayer-Funded Salary. -Bill Halter, democrat candidate for Lt. Governor talking about his Conservative opponent Jim Holt. A photoshopped banner response for Bill Halter __________________________________________________________ On...

Senator Holt and Bill Halter debated today from 1:00 to 2:00. It was recorded and will be aired on AETN tonight at 8:00pm Central Time, Channel 2 in North Little Rock. The debate included about 50 audience members that could not ask questions, make any noise, use video, or flash photography. Each candidate was allowed 10 "picketers" from their campaign. 30 seats were open to the public. The UCA Young Democrats claimed they were going to stuff the remaining 30 seats with dem supporters, but they only had about a dozen supporters there. There were were more Holt supporters in...

Keep Arkansas Legal, a new immigration reform group in the Central Arkansas area, will meet at the Roosevelt Thompson Libray from 3:00pm-6:00pm Saturday October 7th (Terry Library was booked). We will discuss what to do for the election and the upcoming legistlative session. We will then have a general discussion about illegal immigration. address: Roosevelt Thompson Library 38 Rahling Circle Little Rock, AR 72223 You can go to this link and type the address for a map http://maps.yahoo.com/" We also have a volunteer opportunity. The Lagrone campaign has given a neighborhood in Chenal called The Village to do door to...

Here are the news websites that are monitoring the Arkansas Primary. I just got from a primary party and saw that this is going to be a long night. http://katv.com/vote2006/electionresults.html http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=28974 KARN news radio 102.9 is still covering the election.