From Roll Call:
Barring a last-minute change of heart, Rep. John Boozman (R) appears set to jump into Arkansas’ Senate race in the coming days.
Sources on Capitol Hill said Wednesday that Boozman, the lone GOP Member of the state’s Congressional delegation, has made it clear that he intends to challenge Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) in November. Boozman already has much of his Senate campaign team in place, and the announcement is expected to take place in Arkansas before the weekend is out.
When asked about a potential Senate bid Wednesday, a spokeswoman for Boozman would only say “nothing has been announced officially.”
changed my rating to leans republican. I think it is safe to say that if Lincoln is the nominee it will be likely republican.
Of course, if Mike Beebe were to somehow get in, it’d be Solid-to-Likely Dem.
Now the DSCC doesnt have to use its funds on DE, CT, and AR.
drop the Beebe talk-ain’t happening and ain’t worth sobbing over.
Second, don’t assume that Boozman is a sure thing-the man is slow as a mole and not well known outside his district. Oh and FYI, it was his brother that Blanche beat in her first election to the Senate.
That said, Lincoln needs to go for a variety of reasons. We could win this with about any other Democrat in the state, but her poll numbers keep dipping, and funny enough they seem to correspond with her moving right.
WOW, stunner
Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita weighing Challenge to Bayh
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/ey…
Gives us a great pickup opportunity in AR-3!!!
snark
AR-3 has always been the most GOP friendly seat in AR. It is unlikely to be a pickup opportunity unless in a very pro-DEM year. I think this seat has been GOP since like 1966 and Bill Clinton couldn’t even win it in 1974 a very DEM year.
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/ey…
AR Repubs looking to challenge their friends in MN perhaps? Actually, maybe this is Lincoln’s one and only chance – a bloody primary on the other side. Though I suspect the field mostly clears for Boozman.
and I hope she makes it close so that there isn’t a general commotion for Dems in Arkansas but it will be some consolation to see Sen. Debbie Stabenow in charge of the Agriculture Committee in Lincoln’s place.
If we can only get the odious Colin Peterson to retire, perhaps we could be on the road to agriculture reform…
Who is “ben”?
What kind of ads has she been running?