The Two-Hour Campaign: How Tom Cotton Wiped Out His Only Challenger Essentially Securing Reelection
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is all but certain to win reelection now, as he is running unopposed and the filing deadline has passed in Arkansas.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is all but certain to win reelection now, as he is running unopposed and the filing deadline has passed in Arkansas.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy has defeated Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, denying her a fourth term and extending the GOP’s domination of the 2014 midterm elections that put Republicans in charge of Capitol Hill for the
Jan Ting, one of the country’s preeminent immigration experts and Temple law professor, believes Obama knows his forthcoming executive amnesty is “illegal” and “unconstitutional,” but will petulantly go forward with it, despite the anti-amnesty message that the midterm electorate sent
As Election Day nears, rising Republican star Elbert Guillory (R, LA) and the Free At Last PAC launched a major effort to warn voters in Arkansas, Georgia, and Louisiana about the detrimental effect liberal policies are having on the nation’s
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) said that President Obama “has been a drag” on his 2014 re-election bid in an interview with Fox News Senior National Correspondent John Roberts broadcast on Friday’s “America’s Newsroom.” “He [Obama] has been a drag. I’m
U.S. Congressman and candidate for the U.S. Senate Tom Cotton (R-AR) declared the illegal immigration was a “major issue” in his race against incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) on Monday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.” Cotton said that on the “major issue”
Rep. Tom Cotton’s (R-AR) Senate campaign announced Friday it has purchased television time and will be airing a 14-minute long campaign ad focused on Cotton’s connections to his hometown and personal history. According to the campaign, the lengthy ad —
Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) released a new ad Wednesday using incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor’s (D-AR) words of support for Obamacare and President Obama against him. The ad, which began running in the state Wednesday, is called “Amen” and features Pryor
With Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) losing ground in his reelection bid against Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) a Washington Free Beacon headline is offering the Pryor campaign another headache. “Arkansas Democrat Mark Pryor: Desegregation an ‘Unwilling Invasion’ reads Free Beacon reporter
Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) has opened up a real lead in his effort to unseat Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR). A new poll released Monday by Talk Business & Politics and Hendrix College finds Cotton with an 8 point advantage over
When a Democratic Senate candidate, a darling of Hollywood liberals, starts attacking Republicans over supporting amnesty, you know something is going on, even if it is in a red state. Allison Grimes, who says she supports a pathway to citizenship
The immigration reduction group Numbers USA has launched a new ad campaign in a number of states with tight Senate races highlighting the loss of jobs to immigrants. Numbers USA’s ad asks simply, who should get the jobs: citizens and
Tuesday, during the Arkansas senatorial debate between incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) and his Republican opponent Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Pryor defined “middle class” as an income of up to $150,000 to $200,000 annually. “Well, you know under the law,
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) defended his vote for Obamacare and attacked Republican challenger and Iraq War Veteran Tom Cotton’s “ambition” during Monday’s Arkansas debate. Obamacare (the Affordable Healthcare Act) passed the Senate in December 2009 against a united Republican front.
President Barack Obama was not in Arkansas Monday, but his name was at the tip of Republican Tom Cotton’s tongue all that afternoon. Debating incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor — as well as Libertarian Nathan LaFrance and Green Party candidate Mark
Tom Cotton has set a new fundraising record for the state of Arkansas and is out with an ad highlighting his military service. According to the Cotton campaign, the third quarter total set a new fundraising record for statewide candidates
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) released a new ad this week touting his efforts to make government “smaller.” “I’m working to make Washington smarter and smaller,” Pryor says in the ad. Pryor explains in the spot that he worked with Republicans
Tom Cotton is out with a new ad highlighting Sen. Mark Pryor’s (D-AR) vote for Obamacare and its negative affect on a Little Rock small business. In the 60 second ad, a small businesswoman speaks to the camera about the
Arkansas Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Tom Cotton released a new radio ad Thursday, highlighting what his campaign says is his more positive message than incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR). Cotton narrates the ad, called “I Believe,” offering details about
Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund (TPPCF) is calling on Arkansans to see through what it says was Sen. Mark Pryor’s (D-AR) “sham” vote in favor of a motion that would have moved an anti-amnesty amendment forward. “Sen. Pryor’s vote was
It’s fair to say Roll Call’s Stuart Rothenberg hedges his bets, but he also sees control of the U.S. Senate coming down to just five states, four of which are held by Democrats. The GOP has to win just two
A new poll has Republican Tom Cotton leading incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) in the race for U.S. Senate by five percentage points. If the election were held today, Public Policy Polling’s newest Arkansas survey finds that 43 percent would
A new poll out from Democrat-leaning Public Policy Polling has Republicans on top in both the Arkansas governor’s race, as well as the race for the U.S. Senate. It finds Republican Tom Cotton ahead in the U.S. Senate race, 43% to
With Montana Democrat Sen. John Walsh dropping out, Democrats Mark Pryor and Mary Landrieu appear to be battling out to top Roll Call’s most endangered incumbent list. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., is still in a perilous political position, but Louisiana Sen.
On Wednesday, Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) doubled-down on a brazen attack on his Republican opponent, Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR), slamming Cotton for voting against “preparing America for pandemics like Ebola,” despite Cotton having voted for the final version of the
Vulnerable Democrats who have to face the American people, as well as Republicans in this Fall’s elections, are warning Obama to go slow when it comes to taking executive action on illegal immigration. “This is an issue that I believe
If there remained any doubt about the importance of the immigration issue when it comes to November’s mid-term elections, a new report out of Arkansas should take care of that. Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor and Republican challenger Tom Cotton
Democrat Senators Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mark Pryor of Arkansas have both now warned Barack Obama against taking “any steps without the approval of Congress” when it comes to dealing with the current illegal immigration crisis. “I’m not for
As Steve Barnes writing in The Baxter Bulletin points out as regards Senator Mark Pryor’s previous efforts, “In all their son’s campaigns heretofore the Pryors maintained a fairly low public profile even as they burned the phone lines in Mark’s
According to the owner Mayflower RV, an Arkansas business that was devastated when tornadoes ripped through his county in April, Senator Mark Pryor’s reelection campaign taped a campaign commercial on his property under false pretenses. Rep Tom Cotton (R-AR) accused
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled Barack Obama exceeded his authority when he appointed three National Labor Relations Board members, Arkansas’ Mark Pryor is singing a different tune than the one he sang initially back in 2012, when he pronounced Republican
Wednesday night, senior administration officials lead by Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken and Jim Dobbins briefed senators concerned about the Obama administration’s prisoner swap of five top Taliban commanders for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s release. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) told a local K-ARK reporter that the 6 million Americans who had their health insurance canceled due to ObamaCare regulations was a “debatable” number and he would vote for the Affordable Care Act again. Follow Pam
Democrats are facing massive headwinds this election year due to the unpopularity of ObamaCare, but that hasn’t stopped one vulnerable Democrat Senator from embracing the law. Today Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) reaffirmed his support for the healthcare law by saying
Two more key Democrats are questioning the Obama administration’s decision to cede some of America’s control over the Internet. Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) told Breitbart News there should be a “high burden” for making such a change and that he’s
On March 19th–the very day a Hollywood fundraiser for Senators Mark Begich (D-AK) and Mark Pryor (D-AR) was scheduled to take place–Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, and other anti-gun groups objected to raising funds
In an interview with NBC’s Kasie Hunt that aired on Wednesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) sounded off about his Republican senate reelection opponent, Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and the importance of his military service.
Just hours after Senate Democrats argued for the dire need to pass an emergency unemployment insurance extension, Democratic Senate aides said they are confident the Obama economy will be Democrats’ saving grace come the November midterm elections. “If the economy
Parents, teachers and students who have been complaining for the past couple of years about the unappetizing, and unfilling lunches Michelle Obama’s signature anti-obesity program has imposed on schools, finally have something to cheer about. USDA regulators have agreed to
Because voters in five states where Democrat incumbent senators are running for reelection in 2014 are more against ObamaCare than for it, five senators have joined to call for extending the law’s enrollment period and delaying penalties for those who