Businessman Scott Wallace is Mike Huckabee’s choice for the Republican nomination for the 2nd District congressional seat.
The former Arkansas governor and GOP presidential contender says Wallace’s personal experience in real-world business and deep ties to the Central Arkansas district make him the strongest GOP candidate for November.
Tim Griffin of Little Rock is also seeking the [...]

Robert Obar, chairman of the Pulaski County Republican Committee, tells Politics in Arkansas he sees nothing irregular in the committee’s decision to have a political candidate serve as moderator of an upcoming debate.
The committee is scheduled to sponsor a debate between Republican U.S. Senate candidates at the Holiday Inn Presidential in Little Rock on Friday [...]

A month into his candidacy, Republican Jim Keet’s campaign is still taking calls at the GOP state headquarters.
The party’s main line is listed on Keet’s news release today criticizing Gov. Mike Beebe for hiring a New Jersey firm to straighten out problems at the Alexander Human Development Center.
A call to the number listed under campaign [...]

It’s getting hard to tell that the majority rules in America these days, U.S. Rep. John Boozman, R-Rogers, said on the floor of the U.S. House today in denouncing the new health care reform bill.
Boozman, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, said this in his speech:
“Madam Speaker, America is a democracy, not a monarchy, [...]

U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln says she’ll hold a town hall meeting in Forrest City on Friday on the topic of child nutrition.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. at the Forrest City Civic Center. Lincoln says she plans to discuss the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which she says will be the largest-ever investment [...]

Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate have been invited to a debate Tuesday night at UALR’s William H. Bowen School of Law, and most have said they will attend, according to the state Republican Party.
The debate starts at 6:30 p.m. and is sponsored by the Arkansas Federation of Young Republicans. KATV anchor Scott Inman is [...]

Retiring U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder got a thank-you letter today from a pro-life group.
Arkansas Right to Life members, pictured here outside Snyder’s Little Rock office, delivered a letter thanking Snyder for the vote in November in favor of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to the House health care bill, which would prohibit federal dollars from being used [...]

Democrat Patrick Kennedy says his 2nd District congressional campaign has gone in a new direction — north.
Kennedy’s campaign staff moved into new digs Monday on Main Street in North Little Rock. He becomes the only congressional candidate with primary headquarters in that city. His campaign team is headed by North Little Rock native Patti Julian. [...]

Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate have been invited to a debate Tuesday night at UALR’s William H. Bowen School of Law, and most have said they will attend, according to the state Republican Party.
The debate starts at 6:30 p.m. and is sponsored by the Arkansas Federation of Young Republicans. KATV anchor Scott Inman is [...]

Add one to the Tim Griffin household.
The Republican 2nd District congressional candidate and his wife, Elizabeth, welcomed the birth of their son this afternoon at Baptist Health Medical Center.
John Timothy Griffin Jr. weighed in at 9 lbs., 1 oz.
“We are very thankful for this blessing from God. My wife and son are doing [...]