2014 Elections

There are still a few races yet to be called, but what we know already about the results from Tuesday's election in the state legislature sets up what is sure to be an interesting battle over the state's private option. read more >

Riding a powerful wave of voter discontent, resurgent Republicans captured control of the Senate and tightened their grip on the House Tuesday night in elections certain to complicate President Barack Obama's final two years in office. read more >

Republican Asa Hutchinson has been elected Arkansas governor, defeating Democrat and fellow ex-congressman Mike Ross. The 63-year-old Hutchinson was elected to a four-year term Tuesday in a race national Republicans had identified as their best opportunity to flip a governor's office. read more >

The day is finally here. On this (rainy) Election Day, Arkansas Business political columnists Robert Coon and Blake Rutherford join me for a special podcast wrapping up the 2014 midterm elections. read more >

We’d like to support the amendment to the Arkansas Constitution mandating ethics reforms; we really would. In 2012, this publication editorialized in favor of a proposed initiated act seeking to reform campaign financing and limit lobbyists’ influence on Arkansas legislators. We’d back a similar proposal again. But ballot Issue No. 3 isn’t just about ethics reforms. read more >

As the number of polls being released continues to rise, so have the number of critics crying foul over the assumed biases of so-called “partisan polling." Can partisan polls be trusted, or are they just tools used to push an agenda? read more >