Arkansas 3rd Congressional District
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There have been recent Congressional District Information diaries where Kos user comments are talking about "how this person will never be beaten," or "even a scandal wouldn't change anyone's minds." To be frank, we're not looking for this kind of feedback. We want real, inside information about the Congressional Districts we cover in our diaries.
We'd like to reach out to any of you Kossacks from Arkansas's 3rd Congressional District for information. Feel free to add your understanding of the communities, issues, etc.
What issues directly affect people in Arkansas's 3rd Congressional District? My colleague Augustin and I are working on the Knowledge Democrats project and I've started working on a wiki page for the 3rd Congressional congressional district in order to assist in our long term efforts to promote progressive candidates in that district, whether at the local, state or federal level. We understand this district may in fact have a bit conservative constituency but we're looking to reach out to any Kossacks, Democrats or progressives in the state anyway. It helps for long-term planning.
We also know that the current representative of the district is Congressman Steve Womack. In this video, Womack clearly doesn't communicate with his constituents very well.
And as you can see below in the last election cycle, the Arkansas Democratic Party could not get its act together by getting a Democratic candidate to challenge Steve Womack after Ken Aden withdraw from the race in July 2012. Meanwhile Green Party member Rebekah Kennedy ended up challenging Congressman Womack. Amazing.
U.S. House, Arkansas, District 3 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Steve Womack 75.9% 186,467
Green Rebekah Kennedy 16% 39,318
Libertarian David Pangrac 8.1% 19,875
Total Votes: 245,660
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/...