Reply #37: AR: The runoff and beyond [View All]

Arkansas News Bureau

Saturday, Jun 10, 2006

By Doug Thompson

The Democrats have a three-way runoff that ends Tuesday, and every registered voter who didn't cast a ballot in the Republican primary on May 23 can vote.

It doesn't matter if you didn't vote in the primary, nor if you voted with a non-partisan ballot in the judicial elections. Anybody can decide they're a Democrat by Tuesday except for those who cast Republican votes this year.

The runoffs are all state races. There are no Washington or Benton county runoffs, Democratic or Republican.

I'm not making any endorsements. All this column will do is give a simple, quick run-down of who's running for what, and measure up each of the prospective nominees with their Republican opponents in the fall. I'll throw in some comment on local legislative races too.

The lieutenant governor's race is between Bill Halter of North Little Rock and state Sen. Tim Wooldridge of Paragould. The winner will face state Sen. Jim Holt, R-Springdale, in November.

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