... both admit to owing a lot, professionally and personally, to the University of Central Arkansas. Baker, the incumbent candidate, was hired as a percussion instructor in 1978 at age 22. The university gave him the job at an exceptionally ...

... to say he sees the lieutenant governor's race as a key race for the future of Arkansas. He didn't say "our incumbent candidate may lose," but he implied it. Michael Cook, executive director of the Democratic Party of Arkansas, was quick ...

... misapplied by the Victory Committee in violation of federal law," Carnahan said in Friday's letter. Dickey was an incumbent candidate for the state's 4th Congressional District representative. "Yes, that's what I wrote," Carnahan said when ...

... likely have to come from freshmen, who are "not so set in our ways" and can recall the disadvantages that non-incumbent candidates must face, he said. The Senate hearings on campaign fund-raising abuses have been "helpful" in helping ...

... she said. She also said such limits can increase existing inequities in the campaign system. For example, incumbent candidates often have access to government supplies and manpower to send out letters and distribute information to constituents ...

... Seems (the sheriff and his employees are) doing a really good job with the money they have." Koone, the incumbent candidate in District 12, said he was "well aware" of the overcrowding problem. "I know we have a problem," he said ...

... platform saying the city needs to be more open, hold "no more secret meetings" and develop a cooperative spirit. Incumbent candidates in Mayflower contend the city does have good government and their opponents are riding a wave of misinformation ...

... council incumbents in the Democratic Preferential Primary. But the election was tainted by ballot discrepancies. Incumbent candidates, apparently unaware they were supposed to file in both Faulkner and Van Buren counties, found themselves left ...

... incumbents in the Democratic Preferential Primary. The election was tainted, however, as a result of the names of incumbent candidates -- apparently unaware they were supposed to file in both Faulkner and Van Buren counties, since the town sits ...