by - January 24, 2022 4:38 pm
Common Ground Arkansas comes to Jonesboro
When State Sen. Jim Hendren, I-Gravette, was first elected to the Arkansas House in 1994, he was one of a handful of Republicans in the legislative body that had been…
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by - November 7, 2021 9:53 am
Hendren plans to run again for State Senate, says election results indicate middle ground desired
State Sen. Jim Hendren, I-Gravette, who left the Republican Party of Arkansas and formed the bipartisan, centrist group Common Ground Arkansas, said last week’s election results were a referendum supporting…
by - June 3, 2021 2:25 pm
Common Ground Arkansas names board members
Common Ground Arkansas, the bipartisan organization founded by Sen. Jim Hendren, I-Gravette, when he left the GOP, announced its board members Thursday (June 3). Organized now as a 501(c)(4), the…
by - March 24, 2021 1:05 pm
Common Ground Arkansas hires Misty Orpin as executive director
The nonpartisan political group, Common Ground Arkansas, has hired Misty Orpin of Springdale as executive director. Orpin started the website, arkansascovid.com, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an email to supporters,…
by - March 6, 2021 11:18 am
Common Ground or No Man’s Land?
It has been a while since an announcement by Osceola’s Chuck Banks, a longtime Democrat, that he was switching to the Republican Party was a pretty big news item in…