NPR: Pryor to Run Uncontested For Second Term

Pryor to Run Uncontested For Second Term

Let's see, there was something that Arkansas Republicans were supposed to do today ... hmm, what was it? Hold a fundraiser for Mike Huckabee? ... Nope, already did that ... hold a primary? ... ditto ... oh yea, make sure they had a candidate to run against Democratic Senator Mark Pryor in the fall... oh, shoot!

It seems Pryor will get to run uncontested this year. The Associated Press reports that "Tom Formicola, who lost a bid for a Congressional seat in 2006, decided not to run against Pryor after thinking about it further over the weekend and discussing it with his family. Republican Party Chairman Dennis Milligan says the party does not plan to have a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat."

Huckabee actually had the most interesting comment about the race. When asked in February if he would run for the Senate, he said "There's a greater chance that I would dye my hair green, cover my body with tattoos and go on a rock tour with Amy Winehouse."

4:04 PM ET | 03-10-2008 | permalink

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It seems to me that the entire state of Arkansas ought to have at least one more capable person to run for the US Senate in November.

I have to believe in the 21st century AD that there are at least hundreds of qualified people with legal and political backgrounds to be candidates on all side of the aisles down there.
Lots of good things coming out of Arkansas these days. Why not one Republican to run?

Sent by Dave Rosen | 7:00 PM ET | 03-10-2008

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