Arkansas: 2014 Candidates for Congress – Where They Stand By Ruth King
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/arkansas-2014-candidates-for-congress-where-they-stand
To see the actual voting records of all incumbents on other issues such as Foreign Policy, Second Amendment Issues, Homeland Security, and other issues as well as their rankings by special interest groups please use the links followed by two stars (**).
U.S. Senate
Senator John Boozman (R) Next Election in 2016.
Senator Mark Pryor (D) Incumbent
http://www.pryor.senate.gov/public/
http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/mark_pryor.htm **
Pryor serves on six Senate Committees, including the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. He was recently named Chairman of the Subcommittee on Agriculture Appropriations-a position that will allow him to prioritize funding for federal programs that benefit Arkansas farmers, producers, and rural communities, and keep Arkansas’s agricultural sector strong.
Pryor also serves on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee; the Senate Rules Committee; and the Senate Ethics Committee.
HOT BUTTON ISSUES
ECONOMY/JOBS/ENVIRONMENT
Backs Keystone Xl Pipeline
HEALTHCARE
http://americarising.tumblr.com/post/57610782446/mark-pryor-says-obamacare-has-been-amazing-success
Mark Pryor Says ObamaCare Has Been Amazing Success Story So Far
Continuing his full embrace of ObamaCare for 2014, Mark Pryor called ObamaCare an “amazing success story so far”:
IMMIGRATION
Senator Mark Pryor has voted in favor of giving illegal aliens further rewards and other incentives to come such as in-state tuition, educational benefits, welfare and health care services.
Rep. Tom Cotton (R) Challenger
Presently Rep. District 4, Attorney, Afghan War Veteran
http://www.ontheissues.org/house/Tom_Cotton.htm **
HOT BUTTON ISSUES
DEFENSE AND NATIONAL SECURITY
http://cotton.house.gov/issues/defense-and-national-security
I volunteered to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I believe those wars are just and necessary. As a veteran, I want to bring our troops home as much as anyone, but I want to bring them home victoriously. I don’t believe in exit strategies; I believe in victory strategies. In Congress, I will stand up to President Obama, whose short-sighted and politically motivated decisions threaten the lives and money that America has invested in these wars. I strongly support the many critical fronts in our global war against Islamic terrorists. We must continue to track and monitor our enemies through terrorist-surveillance programs. We should target these terrorists aggressively through the use of drone technology wherever possible. We should employ our special-operations forces and intelligence professionals where feasible. When we capture terrorists, they should go to Guantanamo Bay for vigorous interrogation-not to a civilian court in America
ECONOMY/JOBS/ENVIRONMENT
http://cotton.house.gov/issues/energy
We must open federal lands and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to more exploration and production. The oil-and-gas reserves in the Gulf of Mexico, the Arctic Ocean, and federal public lands in the West and Alaska are a tremendous untapped source of economic growth. Greater exploration and production will increase the reliability of our supplies and reduce prices, create high-paying jobs that can’t be sent overseas, and reduce the deficit through higher lease and royalty payments. In Congress, I will work not only to open these lands and the OCS, but also to ensure that regulators act on drilling and production permits in a timely, responsible manner. I strongly oppose all forms of a “cap and trade” schemes, which are nothing more than a massive new tax on energy I will fight tirelessly against cap and trade, both in Congress and against the EPA’s abusive use of the Clean Air Act to implement cap and trade unilaterally.
HEALTHCARE
http://cotton.house.gov/issues/health-issues
President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, is a job-killer, a health-care disaster, and an assault on liberty. I will fight to repeal and replace ObamaCare with free-market reforms that empower patients and doctors to make health-care decisions. I will also help states to reform the medical-malpractice system to protect our doctors and serve our patients.
ObamaCare must be repealed entirely. If that does not happen, it must be repealed piece-by-piece. And if that fails, it must be defunded.
Mark Swaney (Green) Challenger
Engineer, Progressive Activist
http://ualrpublicradio.org/post/green-party-arkansas-announces-candidates
Nathan La France (L) Challenger
https://www.facebook.com/LaFrance2014
Rod Bryan (I) Challenger
Environmental activist and Musician
https://www.facebook.com/rod4senator
District 1
Rick Crawford (R) Incumbent
http://www.ontheissues.org/house/Rick_Crawford.htm **
http://crawford.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=42749
HOT BUTTON ISSUES
ECONOMY/JOBS/ENVIRONMENT
In order to get our country back on track, we must create certainty for businesses by reducing the regulatory burden and permanently lowering taxes. Moreover, I support efforts to overhaul the current tax system by broadening the tax base and lowering the corporate tax rate. These measures would have immediate and long-term effects by spurring job growth and making America more internationally competitive. One of my first acts as a Member of Congress was to introduce legislation that eliminates the 1099 paperwork requirement included in ObamaCare. This provides immediate relief to small businesses allowing them to redirect resources and focus on job creation. I also co-sponsored legislation that permanently extends the Bush tax cuts and repeals the estate tax.
As a Member of the House Committee on Agriculture, I am responsible for writing policies that support our farmers and advance the interests of American agriculture. Unfortunately, the current Administration has put a squeeze on our farmers with excessive regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). I have worked with my colleagues on oversight and will continue to do everything within my power to scale back the EPA’s overreach. I have been particularly vocal on the House floor and in Committee about the EPA’s proposal to regulate farm dust.
HEALTHCARE
We must ensure that the quality of health care afforded to our citizens remains the best in the world. Doctors and patients should make decisions, not Washington bureaucrats.. My first act as a new Member of Congress was to introduce H.R. 2, the Repeal the Job Killing Health Care Act.
Jackie McPherson (D) Challenger
http://www.jackieforarkansas.com/
District 2
Tim Griffin (R) Retiring in 2014 no Incumbent
Ann Clemmer (R) Challenger
https://www.facebook.com/ClemmerAR
Clemmer served as vice chair of the education committee and was an Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore in the Arkansas house in 2013.
French Hill (R) Challenger
http://talkbusiness.net/2013/10/banker-french-hill-to-run-for-congress/
“I’m running for Congress because we need more business leaders in Congress – not more career politicians. I grew up in the Second District and live and work here today,” said Hill. “Everyday at my business my priorities are helping Arkansas’s entrepreneurs start and grow their own businesses and encouraging families to save and invest. I know first hand the challenges businesses and families in Arkansas face, and in Congress, I will fight every day for policies that spur economic growth and job creation. I will demand greater accountability at every level of the federal government and do away with job-killing policies like ObamaCare and Dodd-Frank. Representing the Second District in Congress would be an honor, and I look forward to working hard to earn the trust and support of Arkansans in the months ahead.”
Hill is a former George H.W. Bush administration official having served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.
Conrad Reynolds (R) Challenger
Col. Conrad Reynolds, U.S. Army (Ret.), is a 29-year military veteran who was born and raised in Arkansas.
http://www.voteconrad.com/inner.asp?z=3
http://www.voteconrad.com/inner.asp?z=3
Patrick Henry Hayes (D) Challenger
Army Veteran, Attorney, Former Mayor of North Little Rock
http://www.patrickhenryhays.com/
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/10/22/hays-announces-for-2nd-district
Former NLR Mayor Patrick Henry Hays kept it short and sweet today – even turning over a big minute-glass to start the time – in announcing his bid for the Democratic nomination for 2nd District Congress, a decision he said was clinched by “16 days in October” that were a “travesty.”
“Democratic crime is crime and Republican garbage is garbage,” Hays said, and it’s time for Congress to act in concert and in a non-partisan way to solve problems that affect people’s lives.
District 3
Steve Womack (R) Incumbent
http://www.ontheissues.org/house/Steve_Womack.htm **
http://womack.house.gov/issues/
HOT BUTTON ISSUES
ECONOMY/JOBS/ENVIRONMENT
Energy independence is a National Security issue and we must support and promote domestic energy exploration and production. Additionally, we must continue to work hard to develop new forms of “cleaner and greener” energy that will carry us into the next century. I am committed to reducing our dependence on foreign oil. I will continue to support policies to remove barriers to domestic energy production and stop harmful regulations from driving up energy costs.
HEALTHCARE
I will work to ensure health care is affordable and portable but we must address the fiasco known ObamaCare. I will demand that Tort reform is put at the forefront of the discussion – it must be fixed to reduce costly defensive medical practices. We do not need Government run health care in this country. I will lead the way to reach a bipartisan approach that benefits ALL Americans.
IMMIGRATION
Prior to any discussion about immigration reform, I will demand that our borders are secure. I believe that we can secure our borders within a short time period – but Congress must have the will to push this issue. I will lead a broad bi-partisan fight to ensure we have a person in charge that is competent and committed to get the job done. We must fix this issue with compassion and common sense – but I not in favor of Amnesty – in fact I am on record against it.
DEFENSE
As a 30-year veteran of the United States Army National Guard, I understand the importance of ensuring our nation is protected from those who want to harm us.
District 4
Tom Cotton (R) Is leaving Congress to run for Senate – No Incumbent
Tommy Moll (R) Challenger
http://www.mollforcongress.com/
He earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary, a master’s degree from the London School of Economics, and a law degree from Columbia, where he was a co-founder of Law Students for Life and a member of the Federalist Society and worked at the Peterson Institute in Washington, DC, where his research highlighted ways the Bush Administration and members of Congress could open new markets to American businesses and farms. He is a member of the Federalist Society.
Bruce Westrman (R) Challenger
State House Majority Leader, Ex-Fountain Lake School Board Pres. & Agricultural Engineer and member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing District 22. He was first elected to the chamber in 2010.
http://www.brucewesterman.com/
I am asking for your vote and support to continue my fight in Washington, where an unfair Obama administration governs from the top-down, picking winners and losers. .
James Lee Witt (D) Challenger
http://www.jamesleeforcongress.com/
LITTLE ROCK – Former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director announced he was running for a south Arkansas congressional seat on Tuesday, giving Democrats a high-profile candidate as they try to rebound from Republican gains in the state.
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