Arkansas zigs as most of the nation zags. As he was losing nationally to President Barack Obama in the Nov. 6 election, Mitt Romney took 60.57 percent of the vote in Arkansas, the biggest share by a Republican presidential candidate...
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Arkansas Republicans gather for an election watch party in Little Rock, Ark., on Nov. 6, 2012.
Arkansas Votes More Republican Amid Obama Wins
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People celebrate in front of the White House on Nov. 7, 2012.
Reddest Reds, Bluest Blues: Obama-Romney Contest
Now that we’ve left behind the obsessive coverage and minute slicing-and-dicing of the swing states that constituted the end-all and be-all of the 2012 presidential election, we were left wondering: Where did the landslides occur? Defining that as any place where one of...
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Republican Tom Cotton, left, participates in a debate at Arkansas Educational Television Network studios in Conway, Ark., on Oct. 25, 2012.
Likely Incoming Republican Freshmen Help Vulnerable Members
Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican lawyer strongly favored to win a House seat next week, is donating unneeded campaign funds to Republican candidates in tougher races. Cotton has sent $137,000 in campaign funds to the National Republican Congressional Committee and...
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