Content partners Roby Brock and Jason Tolbert have a rundown of yesterday’s committee assignments in the Senate. Joint Budget – Sen. Gilbert Baker, chair; Sen. Percy Malone, vice-chair Revenue & Tax – Sen. Larry Teague, chair; Sen. Michael Lamoureux, vice-chair…
Author: bhr_iat2rz
ARGOP: State Cars for Constitutional Officers?
I asked John Thurston, Mark Darr, and Mark Martin on Twitter whether any of them would accept a state-owned car in his new position. Credit where it’s due: Darr stated explicitly, “no,” and Thurston wrote: @bluehogreport John will be using…
AR-Sen: Pryor "Leaning Toward" Running For Re-Election
In case any of you were lying awake at night, pondering the future of Mark Pryor. Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor says he’s leaning toward seeking re-election in four years, but says he won’t make a final decision until after the…
GOP: And So It Begins…
All aboard the Crazy Train! Next stop: ScienceFailAdelphia! Fresh off a dramatic victory in which it retook the House leadership, the Republican Party intends to hold major hearings probing the supposed “scientific fraud” behind global climate change. [***] Holding hearings…
#ARPostMortem: Marginalized
A quick lunchtime peek around the margins of defeat (or victory, depending on your perspective) in the federal races and AR-Gov. All numbers are from votenaturally.org, and all numbers are subject to slight changes unless otherwise noted. AR-Sen: John Boozman…
#ARPostMortem: A Look At Your 2011-2012 State House
I’m going to list them in order by district, with any seats that changed parties listed in italics. For reference purposes, a map of the congressional districts is at the bottom of the post. Mary “Prissy” Hickerson (R) Larry Cowling…
#ARElections: O'Brien Concedes In AR-Sec. State
BHR called it early this morning, but with Pat O’Brien’s concession, it’s now more or less official: Mark Martin is your next Secretary of State. Silly me, I thought we were sure to get an upgrade over the current Secretary…
#ARElections: AR-Lt. Gov. Projection Sends Me to Bed, Makes Me Curse Average Voter
And, as with AR-Sec. State, I just cannot see how the missing votes, mainly in Benton County, would not push Republican Mark Darr over the top. I hope to wake up in the morning and see that I was horribly…
#ARElections: AR-Sec. State … Ugh.
Conversing with a local politico who said, “So taking the below, and adding Pat’s 30K spread in Pulaski, this leaves Martin about 10K to make up in the other 25ish counties including 2 heavily GOP counties with almost 300K people.”…
#ARElections: AR-Sec. State, Wherein We All Wait For Pulaski & NWA
The slow reporting of the northwest corner of the state has been mentioned, but, as someone who I trust even more than my own take on such things points out, Pat O’Brien apparently has a roughly 30K vote spread in…