FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 2, 2012
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Katherine Vasilos
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katherine@arkansasgop.org
Little Rock, Ark. – In their latest effort to distract voters before Election Day, the state Democratic Party launched a series of radio ads running from President Obama, clinging to Governor Beebe and claiming that “Arkansas Democrats are not Washington Democrats.”
“Just days before the presidential election, Arkansas Democrats are scrambling to run away from Barack Obama, possibly to the surprise of the President’s most die-hard supporters across the state,” said Republican Party of Arkansas Communications Director Katherine Vasilos. “Clearly state Democrats know voters will hold them accountable for their support of the President’s unpopular policies and are doing everything in their power to hold onto 138 years of one-party control.”
As local political scientist Hal Bass recently pointed out, it’s hard for Arkansas Democrats “to make a credible claim that they're different from the national Democrats."
“This election is about policy over personalities,” said Vasilos. “On Tuesday, Arkansas voters will reject the status quo of the Democratic Party and elect a Republican majority to the state Legislature who has a plan for bold conservative reform to help hardworking taxpayers and move our state forward.”
Click here to listen to the radio ad.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 19, 2012
Media Contact
Katherine Vasilos
501-282-9518
katherine@arkansasgop.org
Little Rock, Ark. – Arkansas Republicans increased the number of positions they hold on the county level by 18 percent from 2010, picking up 58 seats statewide this election cycle. From 2008, the Republican Party of Arkansas has seen its control of county level seats increase by nearly 70 percent said State GOP Chairman Doyle Webb.
“The strength of the Republican Party in Arkansas begins at the county level,” said Webb. “These gains demonstrate the growth of our party and that Arkansas Republicans have bright future ahead as we continue fighting for hardworking taxpayers.”
Republicans made historic gains in many places, electing the first Republican County Judge in Marion County, the first Republican Justices of the Peace in Mississippi, Howard and Franklin counties, a Republican Treasurer in Saline County and taking control of the Faulkner County Quorum Court.
“Our vision to build a two-party system on the county level has just begun, and we will work hard to increase these numbers in the coming years,” Webb continued.
Webb himself is a former Justice of the Peace and in 1986 was the first Republican elected in Saline County. He said there are still four pending Justice of the Peace races and one pending County Judge race to be accounted for.
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