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For the first time in 141 years.
While a student at the University of Arkansas in 1985, Sen. Mark Pryor (D) wrote his college thesis on the state of Arkansasâ two-party system.
âThe stateâs Republicans have traditionally failed to produce politicians that Arkansas would elect,â he wrote. âThe Democratic party, as a result, has thrived on a sort of perpetual motion.â
That perpetual motion came to an end Tuesday night. Voters chose Republican Tom Cotton over Pryor, and for the first time in 141 years, there will be no Democrats in Arkansasâ congressional delegation. Republicans also won the gubernatorial race and every other statewide race.
âTwelve years ago, the people of Arkansas gave me the greatest privilege of my life,â Pryor said Tuesday at his campaignâs election night party at the DoubleTree Hotel in Little Rock. He said he had called Cotton to âwish him the very best.â âI want you to know he will be in my prayers,â Pryor said.
Cotton, a 37-year-old Harvard and Harvard law grad and Army veteran who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, tied Pryor to President Obama throughout the campaign, saying Pryor voted with Obama 93 percent of the time. He was disciplined about his message too, using everything from Ebola to President Bill Clintonâs visits to stump for Pryor to remind voters about Obama (âIâm not so worried about Bill Clintonâs support for Mark Pryor. Iâm more worried for Mark Pryorâs support about Barack Obama,â he and his spokesman would say when asked whether they were concerned about the still-popular Clintonâs numerous campaign stops for Pryor in the campaignâs final weeks).
More:
Republicans now have every congressional seat for Arkansas for the first time in 141 years - The Washington Post
DRUDGE REPORT 2014
While a student at the University of Arkansas in 1985, Sen. Mark Pryor (D) wrote his college thesis on the state of Arkansasâ two-party system.
âThe stateâs Republicans have traditionally failed to produce politicians that Arkansas would elect,â he wrote. âThe Democratic party, as a result, has thrived on a sort of perpetual motion.â
That perpetual motion came to an end Tuesday night. Voters chose Republican Tom Cotton over Pryor, and for the first time in 141 years, there will be no Democrats in Arkansasâ congressional delegation. Republicans also won the gubernatorial race and every other statewide race.
âTwelve years ago, the people of Arkansas gave me the greatest privilege of my life,â Pryor said Tuesday at his campaignâs election night party at the DoubleTree Hotel in Little Rock. He said he had called Cotton to âwish him the very best.â âI want you to know he will be in my prayers,â Pryor said.
Cotton, a 37-year-old Harvard and Harvard law grad and Army veteran who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, tied Pryor to President Obama throughout the campaign, saying Pryor voted with Obama 93 percent of the time. He was disciplined about his message too, using everything from Ebola to President Bill Clintonâs visits to stump for Pryor to remind voters about Obama (âIâm not so worried about Bill Clintonâs support for Mark Pryor. Iâm more worried for Mark Pryorâs support about Barack Obama,â he and his spokesman would say when asked whether they were concerned about the still-popular Clintonâs numerous campaign stops for Pryor in the campaignâs final weeks).
More:
Republicans now have every congressional seat for Arkansas for the first time in 141 years - The Washington Post
DRUDGE REPORT 2014