This months campaign finance reports are dribbling in. The first available this morning is from Democratic candidate for State Senate District 7, Diana Gonzales Worthen. Others will get some comment as they come available. Worthen will face the winner of the GOP primary between Sen. Bill Pritchard, R-Elkins, and Rep. Jon Woods, R-Springdale. Worthen raised [...]
View PostThe Arkansas Right to Life political action committee has endorsed Sen. Bill Pritchard, R-Elkins, in the state Senate District 7 race. Pritchard is facing Rep. Jon Woods, R-Springdale, in the May 22 Republican primary. Woods is the only other announced Republican. Diana Gonzales Worthen, a Springdale Democrat, also is running for the seat. Wayne Mays, [...]
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Arkansas’ 135 House and Senate members began meeting today in Little Rock for a fiscal session on the state budget. In some cases, their election opponents also are addressing money matters — campaign money matters. State House members are prohibited from raising campaign contributions during the 30-day session, but their opponents who don’t serve in [...]
View PostA rock music video is creating a clamor in the race for the state Senate District 7 seat in Washington County. State Sen. Bill Pritchard, R-Elkins, today questioned whether his opponent in the May 22 Republican primary election is presenting an image inconsistent with Christian conservative values by appearing in a rock music video featuring [...]
View PostRep. Jon Woods, R-Springdale, a candidate for the state Senate District 7 seat, said today he wants a Senate rule barring campaign fundraising during the 30-day fiscal session. The session starts Monday. A state House rule bars members from raising campaign funds during the regular session, any special session and the fiscal session, said Speaker [...]
View PostSen. Bill Pritchard, R-Elkins, and Rep. Jon Woods, R-Springdale, discussed taxes, ethics reform and education at a candidate forum hosted by the Washington County Republican Women Wednesday at the Fayetteville Clarion Inn. They are vying for the state Senate District 7 seat. The luncheon crowd of 60 responded with applause at moments during the event moderated [...]
View PostValerie Biendara expects more people to attend the monthly Washington County Republican Women meeting Wednesday than the usual 20 to 30. “I’ve already told the hotel we’ll be busting at the seams,” said Biendara, the organization’s president. The big attraction isn’t necessarily the $11 buffet. Sen. Bill Pritchard of Elkins and Rep. Jon Woods [...]
View PostSpringdale Alderwoman Kathy Jaycox is making her presence known in the state Senate District 7 race. On Nov. 21 Jaycox contributed $100 to Republican Jon Woods’ campaign, and then on Saturday she showed up at Democrat Diana Gonzales Worthen’s campaign announcement at the JTL Shop in Springdale. Jaycox said she contributed to Woods before she [...]
View PostDiana Gonzales Worthen, a Democrat who declared her candidacy in the Senate District 7 race on Saturday, is holding her first fundraiser Tuesday at the Springdale home of Lynn and Joel Carver. Worthen is the only announced Democrat in the race, but two Republicans, incumbent Sen. Bill Pritchard of Elkins and Rep. Jon Woods of [...]
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