Bill Halter on Tuesday at The Capitol (adg photo)
On Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter filed to become a candidate in the U.S. Senate race against incumbent Blanche Lincoln. During interviews at the Capitol, Halter played down his challenge to Lincoln in the Democratic primary and instead opted to focus on his position as a Washington outsider. He was quoted in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as saying he wants to “try to put a United States senator on the side of Arkansas families and stand up to special-interest groups. I don’t view it as taking on Blanche Lincoln.”
Halter is best known for spearheading last year’s state lottery proposal that voters approved in 2008. A liberal advocacy group, MoveOn.org announced later that it has raised $848,000 since Monday for Halter’s campaign, according to the Democrat-Gazette.
On the other side of the political spectrum, Republicans who have filed for the seat include U.S. Rep. John Boozman of Rogers, Curtis Coleman of Little Rock and Fred Ramey of Searcy. Others who have said they will run are Gilbert Baker of Conway, Kim Hendren of Gravette, Randy Alexander of Springdale, Jim Holt of Springdale and Conrad Reynolds of Conway, according the Democrat-Gazette.
With all this jockeying for her position, the May 18 primary and subsequent November election may be an interesting one for Lincoln. So, considering political sentiment in the state, how do you see Lincoln’s chances for re-election?
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This poll is voting for me on some of these questions. Is this a blip or is it rigged?
I don’t know why it would be doing that. I’ll check with my IT people about it. It could be because the polls are not archived, but I’ll investigate. Thanks for letting me know.
–Melissa
This site tells me I have already voted on some of the issues also. I tried to vote on the Blanche Lincoln question three different times and it wouldn’t let me vote. Said I had already voted. I wanted to tell everyone that I hope she loses in the primaries. She does NOT represent me in Arkansas and I can hardly wait until she’s retired from public office for ever. She does NOT vote for Arkansas, she votes FOR HER PARTY…