Arkansas Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Chairman Bill Sample of Hot Springs is the highest-profile state legislator among the five Republican state lawmakers who lost in Tuesday's primary election.
Republican incumbents across Arkansas largely held onto their seats amid challenges in Thursday's GOP primary, even after last year's reapportionment process reshaped their districts.
A couple of area state representative primary races were decided on Tuesday, a few House and Senate races will require a runoff election in four weeks, and