Washington Republican Dolly Henley defeated Hope Republican Arnetta Bradford, who is backed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, in Tuesday’s runoff to win the GOP nomination for a state House seat in southwest Arkansas.
More than 4,800 voters cast ballots during early voting for today s primary runoff election in which there are contested races for three legislative seats and various county offices, mayor and school board posts in 19 of the state s 75 counties.
More than 4,800 voters cast ballots during early voting for today s primary runoff election in which there are contested races for three legislative seats and various county offices, mayor and school board posts in 19 of the state s 75 counties.
State Rep. Danny Watson, R-Hope, on Wednesday called it "a flat out lie" for state Sen. Jimmy Hickey, R-Texarkana, to charge that a senior staffer in Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders office told Watson he would get an appointment on the state Post Prison Transfer Board if he, Watson, found a replacement for himself in the House that the governor s office would approve of and "if they did not have to fund a lot of money into this SW Arkansas race."
State Rep. Danny Watson, R-Hope, on Wednesday called it "a flat out lie" for state Sen. Jimmy Hickey, R-Texarkana, to charge that a senior staffer in Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders office told Watson he would get an appointment on the state Post Prison Transfer Board if he, Watson, found a replacement for himself in the House that the governor s office would approve of and "if they did not have to fund a lot of money into this SW Arkansas race."