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CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline (Party Candidates): March 8, 2010
Filing Deadline (Independents): May 1, 2010
Filing Deadline (Write-Ins): August 4, 2010
Primary: May 18, 2010
Run-Off: June 8, 2010

This page was last updated on August 7, 2010


STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
Mike Beebe (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Jim Keet (R) - Ex-State Sen., Real Estate Developer, Restaurant Owner & '90 Congressional Nominee
Frank Gilbert (Constitution) - Tull Mayor, Ex-State GOP Vice Chair & Ex-State Libertarian Party Chair
Jim Lendall (Green) - Ex-State Rep., Nurse, Army Veteran, Ex-Democrat & '06 Nominee
David Dinwiddie (Write-In) - Demolition Contractor & Navy Veteran
Elvis Presley (Write-In) - Elvis Impersonator
Billy Roper (Write-In) - Neo-Nazi White Supremacist

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2010.

Dale Bumpers

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
[ Bill Halter (D)* - Lost for US Senate in 2010. ]
Shane Broadway (D) - State Sen., Ex-State House Speaker & Advertising Executive
Mark Darr (R) - Restaurant Owner & Insurance Agent

SECRETARY OF STATE:
[ Charlie Daniels (D)* - Candidate for State Auditor in 2010. ]
Pat O'Brien (D) - Pulaski County Clerk & Attorney

Mark Martin (R) - State Rep., Mechanical Engineer, Businessman & Navy Veteran
David Orr (Green) - Environmental Advocacy Consultant

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Dustin McDaniel (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Rebekah Kennedy (Green) - Attorney, Progressive Activist, '08 US Sen. Nominee & '06 Nominee
Marc Rosson (Write-In) - Farmer, Tea Party Activist & '02 State Rep. GOP Nominee

STATE AUDITOR:
[ Jim Wood (D)* - Term-Limited in 2010. ]
Charlie Daniels (D) - Secretary of State, Ex-State Labor Commissioner & Ex-State Land Commissioner
Mary Hughes-Willis (Green)

Jim Guy Tucker

STATE TREASURER:
Martha Shoffner (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Bobby Tullis (Green) - Ex-State Rep., Retired Legal Researcher, Ex-Democrat & '94 State Auditor Candidate

STATE LAND COMMISSIONER:
[ Mark Wilcox (D)* - Candidate for Secretary of State in 2010. ]
L.J. Bryant (D) - Farmer, Business Consultant, Motivational Speaker & '08 State Rep. Candidate
John Thurston (R) - Minister & Ex-Prison Worker


STATE LEGISLATURE:

State House

State Senate


U.S. SENATOR:

Blanche Lincoln (D)* - (Campaign Site)
John Boozman (R) - Congressman, Ex-Rogers School Board Member, Optometrist & Rancher

John Gray (Green) - Greenland Mayor, Retired Auto Engineer & Anti-Nuclear Activist
Trevor Drown (Independent) - UPS Employee & Army Veteran
Stephan "Troublemaker" Hercher (Write-In) - Truck Driver

Mike Huckabee

Mark Pryor (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2014.


U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
[ Marion Berry (D)* - Retiring in 2010. ]
Chad Causey (D) - Congressman Berry's Ex-Chief of Staff & Recent Law School Graduate
Rick Crawford (R) - Farm Broadcaster, AgWatch Network President
& Army Veteran
Ken Adler (Green) - Businessman, Musician & Navy Veteran
Richard Walden (Independent) - Auto Dealer
Mickey Higgins (Write-In) - Teacher & Community Activist

Jay Dickey

District 2:
[ Vic Snyder (D)* - Retiring in 2010. ]
Joyce Elliott (D) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Ex-Teacher

Tim Griffin (R) - Ex-US Attorney & Ex-Karl Rove Politicial Associate
Lewis Kennedy (Green)
Lance Levi (Independent) - Real Estate Investor, Accountant & Community Activist
Danial Suits (Write-In) - '08 Candidate

District 3:
[ John Boozman (R)* - Candidate for US Senate in 2010. ]
Steve Womack (R) - Rogers Mayor, Financial Consultant, Ex-Radio Station Manager & National Guard Veteran

David Whitaker (D) - Ex-Fayetteville Assistant City Attorney

John Paul Hammerschmidt

District 4:
Mike Ross (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Beth Anne Rankin (R) - Ex-Miss Arkansas & Singing Instructor
Josh Drake (Green) - Attorney & '08 Nominee


STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of Arkansas
Arkansas Democratic Party
Green Party of Arkansas
Arkansas Libertarian Party
Arkansas Republican Party


Asa Hutchinson

STATE ELECTION OFFICE:

Secretary of State: Elections Department

Secretary of State: VoteNaturally.org


Sen. John McClellan

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Arkansas Business News
Arkansas News Bureau
The Arkansas Project
Arkansas Times (Alternative)
Arkansas Watch
Atkins Chronicle / Dover Times
Batesville Daily Guard
Baxter Bulletin
Bella Vista Weekly Vista
Benton County Daily Record
Conway Log Cabin Democrat
Crawford County Press Argus-Courier
El Dorado News-Times
Fayetteville All About Town (Alternative)
Ft. Smith Times Record
Hot Springs Sentinel Record
Johnson County Graphic
Jonesboro Sun
Lawrence County Times Dispatch
Little Rock Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Lynch at Large (Liberal)
Nashville News
Northwest Arkansas Online
Northwest Arkansas Times
Pine Bluff Commercial
Pulaski Leader
Rogers Hometown News
Siloam Springs Herald-Leader
Texarkana Gazette
Truth in Arkansas Politics (Conservative)
West Memphis Evening Times

Arkansas Educational Televison Network (PBS)
KAIT TV-8 (ABC - Jonesboro)
KARK TV-4 (NBC - Little Rock)
KATV TV-7 (ABC - Little Rock)
KTHV TV-11 (CBS - Little Rock)
KPOM TV-24 (NBC - Fort Smith/Fayetteville)

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