Tolbert: Conservative Arkansas Rolls Out Primary Endorsements

The conservative organization – Conservative Arkansas – rolled out a list of endorsements for the upcoming Republican primary today.

The list includes 5 statewide candidates as well as 9 state legislative candidates all with primary elections coming up next month.  They did not make any endorsements yet in either of the two Congressional primary elections in AR2 or AR4.

“Since its founding, the members of Conservative Arkansas have considered primary elections one of its highest priorities,” commented executive director Patsy Wootton in their release. “Primaries present the greatest opportunity to influence the way our specific values will be represented and marketed to the public. Too often, conservative groups and organizations shy away from this critical step in the election process because of the inherent difficulties associated with choosing between members of your own team, even as we hail open competition as one of the pillars of our philosophy. The failure to actively participate in the primaries, however, factors heavily in the disconnect that develops between an electorate and its party or elected leaders, and as such, we believe that it’s a burden worth bearing.”

Here is the slate of endorsed candidates…

Statewide Races:

Governor – Asa Hutchinson
Lt. Governor – Andy Maryberry
Attorney General – David Sterling
State Treasurer – Duncan Baird
State Auditor – Andrea Lea

State Senate:

District 09 – Bruce Holland
District 17 – John Burris

House of Representatives:

District 68 – Trevor Drown
District 87 – Lucas Roebuck
District 88 – Lance Eads
District 90 – Jana Della Rosa
District 93 – Bill Burckart
District 94 – Rebecca Petty
District 95 – Sue Scott