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Teachers hit Cotton with ad on student loans

The National Education Association has made a TV ad buy to highlight Rep. Tom Cotton's vote against the federal student loan program, a vital program for students that he himself used as a student at Harvard. Issues do matter.
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TV spending in Pryor-Cotton race hits $20 million

Spending on TV ads in the race for Mark Pryor's U.S. Senate seat has hit almost $20 million, with nearly a month of spending to go. And this is only a portion of the sum being spent on the race.
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AETN debates set next week: Mark Martin will dodge it

AETN plans a series of TV debates next week, leading with the big race for U.S. Senate. But a pressing question remains. Where is Secretary of State Mark Martin? Why hasn't he confirmed an appearance? Has anybody even SEEN Mark Martin lately?

David and Barbara Pryor's 'Antique Roadshow' for their son

The Washington Post sent a reporter on the campaign with David and Barbara Pryor, parents of Sen. Mark Pryor, and their self-styled "Antique Road Show" to help him win re-election. They are running often into the changing face of Arkansas politics.
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Mark Pryor is a consensus builder; attorney general talk proves it

The fact that Sen. Mark Pryor is even mentioned as a potential nominee for attorney general is solid proof — as evidenced by right-wing news sources — that he's the candidate in the race this year who offers some promise of being a bipartisan consensus builder.

Tom Cotton's blunders: Not enough to beat him in race against Barack Obama

Gene Lyons writes that Barack Obama is Tom Cotton's real opponent in his race for Senate, a factor that overcomes Cotton's manifest shortcomings as an Arkansas political candidate.
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Shameless Tom Cotton: 'Pants on fire' label for farm bill ad

We plowed this ground thoroughly yesterday, but add Politifact to the near-universal condemnation of Tom Cotton's latest ad, blaming his vote against farm bill on President Obama.

Cotton makes ad buy to cover his vote against farm bill

How does Tom Cotton counter criticism of his lone Arkansas vote against the farm bill? Easy. Use President Obama and people on welfare as red herrings.
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Scoop: Tom Cotton's senior thesis on the Federalist papers, a disturbing early look at today's elitist candidate

A new profile in The Atlantic, with an exclusive look at Tom Cotton's senior thesis at Harvard, shows he's been a rigid conservative ideologue for a long, long time. His own coolness and elitism probably explain some evident voter coolness to his campaign.

Now the gun money floods in for Tom Cotton

The Tom Cotton campaign is giddy about its endorsement by the National Rifle Association and giddier still about the news that the gun lobby is going to spent $1.3 million in TV ads depicting Cotton as their best friend.
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The Senate race: Cotton misses a vote to raise money in Texas; Pryor nicked for debate format

Dueling news releases this morning from Sen. Mark Pryor and Republican Rep. Tom Cotton in their race for U.S. Senate. Pryor says Cotton missed a roll call. Cotton says Pryor is missing an important debate topic.

Cultural issues propel Democrats in U.S. Senate races

The New York Times reports that Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate are going on the offensive by using cultural issues — anti-abortion, anti-contraception — against Republican opponents. PS: They're not talking about Arkansas, but about moderate states like Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina.
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