by - September 15, 2014 10:39 am
A new statewide poll shows the Democratic candidates leading in two major races and tied up in another. Southern Progress Fund, an organization created to elect more Democratic leaders in…
by - September 11, 2014 12:38 pm
A U.S. Senate debate between Mark Pryor and Tom Cotton has been set for October 14 in Fayetteville. Talk Business & Politics has the details here. I spoke briefly today…
by - September 10, 2014 12:33 am
There’s been a lot of attention and discussion this year on how the ballot proposal to raise Arkansas’ minimum wage might affect the dynamics of November’s election. However, a huge…
by - September 5, 2014 4:03 am
Asa Hutchinson continues to receive bone-crushing body blows over the issue of his apparent cheating on his property taxes. On Thursday, the Democratic Governor’s Association released yet another television ad…
by - September 3, 2014 1:10 am
August is now a memory, but a strategic decision made by French Hill’s Congressional campaign last month may have hurt Hill’s chance at victory in November. First, please allow me…
by - August 28, 2014 11:09 am
“Republican Asa Hutchinson has lost his lead and is now running slightly behind Democrat Mike Ross in Arkansas’ gubernatorial contest.” That is the first line in the press release from…
by - August 27, 2014 2:44 pm
A good rule of thumb for political ads is that when the high-paid announcer mispronounces the name of a town then the rest of the ad is probably suspect as…
by - August 20, 2014 10:52 am
The Democratic Governor’s Association is out with a new television ad hitting Republican gubernatorial nominee Asa Hutchinson for illegally taking two homestead tax credits. Previously the DGA did a web…
by - August 14, 2014 12:38 pm
State Senators Keith Ingram and Jimmy Hickey today released their proposed constitutional amendment to abolish the Office of Lt. Governor. Their amendment must first be placed on the ballot by…
by - July 28, 2014 12:19 am
The past week has been a bit of a mess for Asa Hutchinson. In two separate instances, Asa Hutchinson personally contributed to the story line that he is out of…
by - July 23, 2014 11:21 am
State government employees are prohibited from campaigning on state time, but a Mark Martin employee may be ignoring the law on this important point. One basic rule for state government…
by - July 22, 2014 1:07 pm
Asa Hutchinson looked a little foolish and out of touch with Arkansas’s agricultural industry today. In just one 37-second YouTube clip of today’s fiasco, Asa Hutchinson reminded voters why they…
by - July 15, 2014 5:46 am
Today, Democratic Lt. Governor candidate John Burkhalter released his first TV ad of the campaign. You can view the 30-second spot at the end of this story. Burkhalter’s ad highlights…
by - July 8, 2014 11:01 am
It’s only Tuesday and it’s already turning out to be a bad week for Tom Cotton. On Monday, Mark Pryor’s campaign released a new web video going after Tom Cotton’s…
by - July 7, 2014 1:29 am
This past week, a group of Little Rock film buffs together passed an impressive movie-going milestone. For the past ten years, the Manny Perry Movie Club has met every Sunday…
by - June 26, 2014 11:33 am
It’s common practice when running for Arkansas political office for candidates to show voters they have deep roots in this state. For example, candidates attempt to one-up each other by…
by - June 25, 2014 3:32 am
In the past week, various national media outlets have covered the story of a 1975 Hillary Clinton legal case in which she was required to defend an accused rapist. Unfortunately,…
by - June 24, 2014 1:25 am
Raising Arkansas’s minimum wage is becoming one of the defining issues of the gubernatorial race between Mike Ross and Asa Hutchinson. Ross fully supports the initiated measure to raise the…
by - June 19, 2014 10:29 am
This is not Tom Cotton”s week when it comes to his attempts to define himself as a candidate who cares about Arkansas and the people of his district. Two news…
by - June 18, 2014 11:13 am
Tom Cotton’s campaign leaked the results of a recent internal poll to “The Hill” that conveniently shows him leading Mark Pryor by seven points. However, in Cotton’s polling memo he…
