by - April 17, 2014 1:35 am
The Tolbert Report has obtained a poll from the GOP-leaning American Crossroads group showing the U.S. Senate race in Arkansas currently tied. The live poll was conducted by Harper Polling on…
by - April 16, 2014 6:19 pm
Once again Sen. Mark Pryor’s campaign is running into trouble over one of its campaign ads. You may recall a couple of months ago I pointed out that one of…
by - April 7, 2014 9:55 pm
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…
by - April 3, 2014 8:23 pm
You may recall that last August I noted former Sen. Paul Bookout’s 2010 campaign expenses appeared to have similar issues as his 2012 campaign. Last summer, the Arkansas Ethics Commission…
by - April 1, 2014 7:00 pm
For the first time in recent history, Arkansas Republicans – with 132 candidates – saw 150 percent more state candidates file for office than the Democrats who had 88 candidates file….
by - March 24, 2014 5:05 pm
David Sterling”s campaign for Attorney General got a boost Monday (March 24) with the endorsement of 16 Republican state legislators from both chambers – 13 House members and 3 State…
by - March 20, 2014 8:53 pm
A new internal poll commissioned by the Asa Hutchinson for Governor Campaign last week shows an 8-point lead for Asa over Ross. The poll was conducted by Republican pollster OnMessage…
by - March 14, 2014 6:59 am
In what will be a recurring theme for the next eight months, another conservative group reminds Arkansas voters that Sen. Mark Pryor voted for Obamacare and that the policy is…
by - March 12, 2014 5:06 pm
A memo from Speaker Davy Carter today lays out the process next week for selecting the Speaker Designate. The election will take place next Wednesday, March 19 when the state…
by - March 10, 2014 10:33 pm
I imagine we will see plenty of polls between now and November, but yet another one came out today showing a strong lead for Cong. Tom Cotton over Sen. Mark…
by - March 10, 2014 4:32 am
The shift in Saline County from Democrat to Republican has been amazingly rapid over the last few election cycles. Only six years ago, all county elected officials and most of…
by - March 5, 2014 7:26 pm
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” did a segment this morning looking at the Senate race in Arkansas between Sen. Mark Pryor and Cong. Tom Cotton. The whole segment “One of the Last…
by - March 5, 2014 3:05 am
The Republican Governors’ Association has launched another ad hitting Mike Ross and his ties to Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Sources tell the Tolbert Report that the ad buy…
by - March 4, 2014 7:50 pm
Republicans owe Rep. Kim Hammer a big thank you today. Without regard to his political future, Hammer took a bullet that ended the stalemate in the House and likely salvaged…
by - March 3, 2014 6:02 pm
It is amazing how much times have changed in Arkansas. The candidate filing period that ended today reveals that the state continues to shift from blue to red. For starters,…
by - February 26, 2014 8:00 am
I want to make this as plain and simple as possible – there are simply not the necessary votes in the House (or the Senate) to pass an appropriation for the…
by - February 25, 2014 8:21 am
Word trickled out late Monday evening that the four person staff of the Lieutenant Governor’s office will resign effective June 30. I am sure readers will recall that former Lt….
by - February 24, 2014 10:28 pm
Day One of political filing saw more than 250 candidates file for office in Arkansas. Want to follow the entire list? Check out our color-coded spreadsheet of candidates.
by - February 19, 2014 6:28 pm
The City Wire posted a new statewide poll today that is good news for Arkansas Republicans on several fronts. The poll was conducted by Impact Management Group, a political consulting…
by - February 19, 2014 6:39 am
The fundraising reports are beginning to trickle in for state candidates for January and it appears to be good news for likely Republican nominee Asa Hutchinson who outraised his Democratic…
