(AP) – A nonprofit executive is launching a longshot bid to
unseat a Republican congressman in northwest Arkansas, targeting the incumbent
lawmaker over his vote to repeal and replace major parts of the federal health
care law.Joshua Mahony on Monday said he’s running as a Democrat for the 3rd District
seat held by Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, who’s seeking his fifth term in
office. Mahony, 36, is president of the Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund.
unseat a Republican congressman in northwest Arkansas, targeting the incumbent
lawmaker over his vote to repeal and replace major parts of the federal health
care law.Joshua Mahony on Monday said he’s running as a Democrat for the 3rd District
seat held by Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, who’s seeking his fifth term in
office. Mahony, 36, is president of the Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund.
Mahony announced his candidacy days after Womack and the rest of the state’s
Republican U.S. House delegation voted for the GOP health care bill. Mahony said
he would have voted against the legislation.
Republicans hold all of the statewide and federal offices in Arkansas, as well
as both chambers of the state Legislature.
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