... history, one should not be a political spectator,â Bakerâ s release states. â I believe that Arkansasâ next United States Senator should help provide checks and balances on the policies being pushed by President Obama and the D.C. leadership.â Bakerâ s release ...

... District 60 in 2006 and ran unopposed his second term in 2008. "I am excited about my decision to seek the position of state senator for District 18," Hoyt said. "I am very proud of the job I have done representing my constituents of District 60 ...

... three decades ago. But mostly it credits his mastery of state government acquired through two decades as a leading state senator and four years as attorney general. Beebe's cautious pragmatism merits a few paragraphs, including a worthy anecdote ...

... officials. We don't need or want public money, but we do want and need their support. Our state representatives, state senator and county judge have attended most all of our functions. The governor has also given our committee a proclamation ...

... Hardin is funny. So let us regale ourselves in the comedic pleasure. Our story begins in 1996. Hardin was then a state senator running, as a Clinton Democrat at the time, for U.S. senator. To my everlasting shame, I favored him over Winston ...

... legislator of the conservative Democratic variety, as were they, who had proposed and designed that state's lottery as a state senator, then been hired to get it launched and run, subsequently succeeding. Passailaigue turned out to be an amiable sort ...

... Milligan was unanimously elected the state party chairman in May 2007, replacing outgoing chairman Gilbert Baker, a state senator from Conway. Baker stepped down as chairman shortly after Democrats routed Republicans in statewide races and reclaimed ...

... legislative session. But Beebe's successes were overshadowed by the death of his close friend Gwatney, a former state senator the governor selected to run the state Democratic Party. Gwatney was shot dead Aug. 13 in the party's downtown ...

... Gwatney had considered running against Huckabee in 2002, but later backed away from the idea, saying he liked "being a state senator, where I have a forum to criticize him." He also was mentioned as a possible U.S. Senate candidate. The seriousness ...

... of Commerce for 1959. 25 years ago (1984) Stanley Russ, who had become increasingly powerful in nine years as a state senator, was considering a race for the Democratic nomination for the 2nd Congressional District seat. Russ said, "It ...