30% Approve
31.5% Don’t Know
“These results mostly follow trends we’ve seen before,” said Roby Brock, Talk Business & Politics editor-in-chief. “In recent years, statewide and national Democrats have been upside down in their approval ratings, and Sen. Boozman, a long-serving Republican officeholder, has traditionally been a mixed bag of undecided opinions. It’s unique to him. We’ll have to see if this election cycle is different.”
Biden lost Arkansas in the November 2020 election by a 62-35% margin. In previous polling, Boozman, who is seeking a third six-year term in 2022, has had job approval ratings that have typically been one-third approve, one-third disapprove, and one-third undecided. Boozman is facing three potential challengers in the GOP primary: Michael Deel, Heath Loftis and Jan Morgan.
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Though the board responsible for redrawing Arkansas’ state congressional districts met for the first time Monday, delays in receiving Census data until possibly the end of September has already caused the board to be behind the recommended schedule.
The three-member Board of Apportionment, consisting of Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge and Secretary of State John Thurston, set a deadline of Dec. 31 to complete redrawing the state’s legislative districts.
Delays in collecting data from the U.S. Census Bureau due to the coronavirus pandemic has in turn caused delays in getting data back to the states.
Though the board responsible for redrawing Arkansas’ state congressional districts met for the first time Monday, delays in receiving Census data until
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Talk Business and Politics, cover plenty of ground in their weekly conversation. There is the decision for Arkansas to end participation in a federal supplemental unemployment program. There is the move to oust Liz Cheney from a leadership position within the GOP House membership. And will we build bridges (literal or metaphorical) any time soon?