Thursday

September 2, 2010


Not guaranteed front runner

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LITTLE ROCK (AP) — John Boozman likes to joke that he’s the senior Republican member of Arkansas’ congressional delegation. He’s also the only Republican member.

It’s a line that earns chuckles at public appearances, but whether it’ll win him any votes is another matter.

In any other election year, an incumbent congressman would be considered a front-runner in a Republican Senate primary in Arkansas, where Democrats control all but one of the congressional seats.

But this isn’t any election year.