More presidential candidates file in Arkansas for primary ballot

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by Talk Business & Politics staff ([email protected]) November 3, 2015 8:13 pm 158 views 

It was a short drive for several central Arkansas lawmakers as they filed Tuesday (Nov. 3) to run for the state Legislature, while two more Republican candidates filed for President.

Reps. Warwick Sabin, D-Little Rock, Douglas House, R-North Little Rock and John Walker, D-Little Rock, turned in paperwork to seek another term in office. Sabin filed in District 33, Walker filed in nearby District 34 while House filed in District 40, according to the Secretary of State’s election website.

Libertarian Michael Williams of Little Rock filed Monday to run against Sabin in the Nov. 2016 general election.

Two Central Arkansas candidates also filed for state Senate Tuesday. Lonoke County Justice of the Peace R.D. Hopper, R-Cabot, filed in District 29 while former Rep. Will Bond, D-Little Rock, filed in District 32. Hopper announced earlier this year he would challenge incumbent Sen. Eddie Joe Williams, R-Cabot, in the district which covers Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski and White counties. Williams has announced he will seek another term in office.

Bond is running for the seat vacated by Sen. David Johnson, D-Little Rock. Johnson filed Monday to run for a District Judge seat in Pulaski County.

Other legislative candidates to file Tuesday were Reps. Matthew Shepherd, R-El Dorado (District 6), Sheilla E. Lampkin, D-Monticello (District 9), Robin Lundstrum, R-Springdale (District 87) and Jim Dotson, R-Bentonville (District 93).

The presidential primary ballot in Arkansas expanded to nine on Tuesday as two Republicans filed to run for the Oval Office. Workers for Republicans Donald Trump and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie turned in paperwork leading to an already expanding field.

U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-TX and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., former Govs. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., and Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio and Dr. Ben Carson filed Monday in Little Rock.

The only Democratic candidate to file so far is Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who turned in his paperwork Monday.