Senator Lincoln Has First Official Republican Opponent
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A first-term Republican state senator from
northwest Arkansas plans to run for the U-S Senate next year.
State Senator Jim Holt of Springdale says he will attempt to
unseat U-S Senator Blanche Lincoln, a Democrat, in 2004.
Holt, age 38, served one term in the state House before his
election to the Senate in 2002.
He is the first Republican to announce intentions to challenge
Lincoln, although former Benton County Sheriff Andy Lee has said he
is considering the race and Tom Formicola of Little Rock, a medical
supply company manager, has filed papers with the Federal Election
Commission to form an exploratory committee.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
