Vince Insalaco
Insalaco Won’t Seek New Term Chairing Arkansas Democrats
The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party says he won't seek another term, weeks after the general election in which Republicans expanded their majorities in the state Legislature. read more >
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Arkansas Delegates Look for Rebound at Democratic Convention
Arkansas' delegates hope having Hillary Clinton at the top of the ticket will energize a state party that's been routed by Republicans over the past three elections. read more >
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Arkansas Democrats Select Delegates for Party Convention
The Arkansas Democratic Party has selected its delegates for the national presidential nominating convention in Philadelphia. read more >
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Arkansas Democrats Pin Hopes on Anti-Trump Message (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
With the prospect of billionaire Donald Trump leading the GOP ticket this fall, Democrats in the state relish the idea of pinning the reality TV star to Arkansas Republicans. read more >
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Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Win in Arkansas’ Primaries
Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary in her adopted home state of Arkansas Tuesday, while billionaire Donald Trump claimed the Republican vote despite the state's top GOP leaders lining up behind his rivals read more >
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Filing Period Offers Answers About 2016 Race in Arkansas (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
Dozens of legislative races around the state could offer answers on how both parties are adjusting to their newfound roles roughly a year after the GOP completed its sweep of statewide offices. read more >
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Arkansas Election Season Kicks Off With Filing Period
Roughly a year after Republicans completed their sweep of statewide offices in Arkansas, the 2016 campaign begins officially in the state Monday with the start of the one-week filing period for candidates. read more >
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Democratic Party of Arkansas Names New Director
The Democratic Party of Arkansas has hired Ted Dick of Montana as the new executive director. read more >
Hillary Clinton Returns to Arkansas, Now Behind GOP Lines
As she ramps up her presidential campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton is returning this weekend to a state that's part of her home territory - a place she's so well known her name adorns landmarks including the national airport and a children's library. read more >
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Arkansas Republicans Shift from Marriage Fight (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
In Arkansas, the GOP backlash against same-sex marriage included a governor who accused justices of disregarding Arkansans' beliefs and a conservative activist calling the decision "illegitimate." But it didn't include a call for the state to defy the nation's highest court. read more >
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Special Session Renews Push for Earlier Arkansas Primary
A special legislative session planned later this month is raising hopes among some Arkansas Republican lawmakers that they'll get another chance to move up the state's presidential primary as part of a southeastern regional nominating contest. read more >
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Democrats Praise Governor’s Call to Continue Private Option
The Democratic Party of Arkansas is praising Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson's call on lawmakers to continue the state's compromise Medicaid expansion through the end of next year. read more >
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Midterm Shows Long-Term Arkansas Shift (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
Angry with a president who will be out of office in a little over two years, voters resoundingly ended Arkansas' tradition as a Democratic holdout in the South and handed Republicans control of the state. read more >
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County Clerk Cancels Leslie Rutledge’s Voter Registration
An Arkansas election official removed Republican attorney general hopeful Leslie Rutledge from the voter rolls saying she also is registered to vote in Washington, D.C. The GOP candidate called the move politically motivated. read more >
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Bill Clinton to Headline Rallies for Arkansas Democrats
Former President Bill Clinton will headline a series of rallies for Arkansas Democrats next week, lending a hand in the party's efforts to fend off a Republican takeover of his home state's top offices in the November election, party officials announced Monday. read more >
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Arkansas Races Attract National Figures (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
The parade of national Republican Party figures through Arkansas touting the GOP's candidates underscores just how much the party is counting on a state that had once been considered a Democratic stronghold. read more >
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Bill Clinton to Headline Arkansas Democrats Event
Former President Bill Clinton is headed back to Arkansas to raise money for the state Democratic Party. read more >
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Mike Beebe Supports Vince Insalaco As New Democratic Party Chairman
Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman Will Bond says he's stepping down as chairman after two-and-a-half years on the job. read more >