... to celebrate. "Senator Mark Pryor not getting an opponent is not a surprise to me. (Former Republican lawmaker) Bill Walters becoming a Democrat is not a surprise to me. This is a surprise to me," Gwatney told reporters last week. Plenty ...

... Boozman said. "I was good at what I did in campaigns. I didn't care to have the title." Former Republican Sen. Bill Walters surprised Republican Party officials earlier this year when he filed to run for the seat of his wife Rep. Shirley Walters ...

... lawyer, for the seat. Former Republican state Sen. Bill Walters surprised Republicans by filing to run as a Democrat ... by his wife, Rep. Shirley Walters, R-Greenwood. Bill Walters faces Republican Terry Rice of Waldron for the seat ...

... senator says he may have gone a bit too far in trying to decriminalize simple possession of drug paraphernalia. Sen. Bill Walters, R-Greenwood, sponsored legislation to make the offense a misdemeanor. Offenders still could be charged with a ...

... reaching constitutional amendment in November 2000. The property tax legislation is pending in a Senate committee. Sen. Bill Walters, R-Greenwood, is making his third attempt to creating a method for recalling state and local elected officials ...

... until the 1996 reappraisal. "The error was made on the government side and not on the people's side," said Sen. Bill Walters, Ms. Wingfield's lawyer. "The county did not give people the breaks the Legislature had directed them to." The ...

... sidelines. Term-limited House member Ed Wilkinson of Greenwood, a Democrat, is the likely successor to Republican Bill Walters, also of Greenwood, whose term is up at the end of next year. A Democratic seat or two elsewhere could end up on ...

... Little Rock was the voters' choice. Democrats likely will gain the District 10 seat held since 1983 by Republican Bill Walters of Greenwood. Rep. Ed Wilkinson, D-Greenwood, is all but a shoo-in to get the nod of voters. One of the seats ...

... races for 10 Senate seats, no Republicans filed. That includes District 10, which is being vacated by a Republican, Bill Walters of Greenwood. Rep. Ed Wilkinson, D-Greenwood, is seeking that post. He, Johnson and Rorie are among 17 House ...

... back next year because they're either term-limited or lost a re-election bid were Gene Roebuck, D-Jonesboro; Bill Walters, R-Greenwood; Jean Edwards, D-Sherrill; Wayne Dowd, D-Texarkana; Allen Gordon, D-Morrilton; and Jim ...