Democrats
Related: About this forum2014 was the year AR Democrats lost control of every statewide office and Congressional district.
2010-
US Senate- Lincoln-D lost re-election by a landslide margin.
Lt Governor- Halter-D gave up that position to challenge Lincoln-D in the primary for the US Senate seat.
Secretary of State- Daniels-D was term limited.
Land Commisioner- Wilcox was term limited.
US Representative-
AR-1) Berry-D retired
AR-2) Snyder-D retired.
2012
AR-4) Ross retired.
2014-
US Senate- Pryor-D lost re-election by a landslide margin.
Governor- Beebe-D was term limited.
Attorney General- McDaniel-D was term limited.
Treasurer- Robinson-D decided not to run for a first full four year term.
Auditor- Daniels-D decided not to run for a second term.
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(26,591 posts)pwb
(12,199 posts)Red states need their votes audited.
VarryOn
(2,343 posts)For any of the constitutional and Congressional offices.
Dustin McDaniels and Bill Halter were our last hope with decent future. Beebe was pretty solid in his time, although he wasn't much of an ideologue to inspire for the future.
Senator Bozeman should be absolutely beatable. He has 0 charisma and is a classic backbencher in the Senate. For all its flaws and warts, Arkansas has sent some great Senators to DC. We need a top-notched, well-funded, left-of-center candidate to send Dr. Bozeman back to doing eye exams. My vote would be former Governor Mike Beebe. He'd be 75, so not ideal age-wise, but he is the Dem with them most name recognition.
I'm not married to Beebe and am curious about other names. I'm not interested in some 26 year old wunderkind in the Senate, a POC county judge somewhere, or some former Congressional staffer who graduated from Princeton moving back to Arkansas after 14 years with hopes of playing for an office so they escape back to DC.
Diraven
(1,045 posts)We don't even bother to field candidates for most races anymore