Talk Business polled 1,167 statewide voters regarding their preference in the Democratic preferential primary for U.S. Senator. The results: 38% Blanche Lincoln 31% Bill Halter 10% D.C. Morrison 20% Undecided The margin of error is +/- 3%, which means that…
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AR-Sen [Follow-up]: If Not Mitchell Berry, Then Who?
Yesterday, I mentioned (and Blue Arkansas detailed more fully) an attack ad against Bill Halter that was created by a group headed by Marion Berry’s son, Mitchell. Except, then it wasn’t headed by Mitchell Berry; he was merely the lawyer…
AR-Sen: Boozman Not A Fan Of Jobs, Tax Breaks, or Infrastructure
At least that’s what his vote on today’s HIRE Act would indicate. The HIRE Act passed the House today, no thanks to Reps. Mark Kirk of Illinois, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Michael Castle of Delaware, and John Boozman of Arkansas.…
AR-Sen: Weird Gets A Little Weirder
First, there was the news that Marion Berry’s son, Mitchell Berry, was behind a group called Arkansas For Common Sense, which recently launched an ad attack Bill Halter for his position on Social Security. (Marion Berry is a vocal supporter…
AR-Sen: Lincoln Continues To Make Bizarre Campaign Decisions
So, let me get this straight… Blanche Lincoln was comfortably ahead by double digits about a month ago. Rather than run ads promoting herself and acting like Bill Halter didn’t exist, she chose to go negative, and her poll numbers…
AR-Sen: Map Favors Boozman in GOP Primary
Jason Tolbert explains why geography and demographics make John Boozman the heavy favorite for the GOP nomination in the AR-Sen race. Basically, it comes down to this: Traditionally, Republican primaries are won and lost in Northwest Arkansas. The 3rd Congressional…
AR-Sen: In The Blogs
Blue Arkansas blog offers a rundown of the most recent Rasmussen polling numbers for Blanche Lincoln’s seat. UPDATE: Not surprisingly, Faith and Freedom Coalition is embracing the very bias that Blue Arkansas mentioned.
AR-Sen: Halter Raises More Than $2M in 31 Days
Following last night’s deadline for first-quarter financial reporting, Carol Butler, campaign manager for Bill Halter, said that the candidate had raised over $2M since announcing that he would seek Blanche Lincoln’s Senate seat. Obviously, given the monetary lead Lincoln had…
AR Dept. of Health receives $400K grant
Senators Lincoln and Pryor and Congressmen Ross, Snyder, and Berry issued a joint announcement yesterday that the Arkansas Department of Health will receive a $400K grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to expand its capacity to…
AR-Sen: Blanche Goes Negative (Again)
The Huffington Post has a copy of the most recent Blanche Lincoln mailer, in which she implies that Halter has a prescription drug problem. The mailer also repeats the incredibly unoriginal “Dollar Bill” Halter nickname, and continues to equate “sitting…