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How come there is no Democrat running for the US Senate in AR? (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Oct 2020 OP
Any time a state is very lopsided politically, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #1
I believe that the Dems in AR convinced someone to run leftieNanner Oct 2020 #2
That's not what happened. I heard that Cotton had found some damaging info against the Democratic Arkansas Granny Oct 2020 #4
Ah. Interesting. I hadn't heard that part of the story. leftieNanner Oct 2020 #5
Because of the climate there: ret5hd Oct 2020 #3

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,902 posts)
1. Any time a state is very lopsided politically,
Sat Oct 10, 2020, 07:54 PM
Oct 2020

it's very difficult to get anyone from the minority party interested in running for office. Unfortunately.

leftieNanner

(15,154 posts)
2. I believe that the Dems in AR convinced someone to run
Sat Oct 10, 2020, 08:12 PM
Oct 2020

He registered as a candidate on the last day. After the deadline passed, he dropped out.

Arkansas is a deep red state, but this year, we may take a few of them. And Tom Cotton is a complete asshole.

Arkansas Granny

(31,531 posts)
4. That's not what happened. I heard that Cotton had found some damaging info against the Democratic
Sat Oct 10, 2020, 08:44 PM
Oct 2020

candidate and threatened to release it a couple of days after the deadline to fold had passed, which caused him to drop out. I don't know if that was ever substantiated.

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