Photos: (from left) Nelda Speaks and Paige Dillard Evans
On the eve of the primary election, Arkansas is poised to join 13 other states for what is billed as Super Tuesday, with the greatest number of delegates to the presidential nominating conventions up for grabs.
Locally, many are focused on the race for state representative for District 100, where incumbent Nelda Speaks is being challenged in the Republican primary by Paige Dillard Evans. Both are from Mountain Home. District 100 covers a large portion of Baxter County, including the City of Mountain Home.
Online information indicates Speaks continues holding a sizeable lead in funding, according to information from the Arkansas Secretary of State’s website.
In the pre-election report, Speaks shows contributions for the complete election cycle of $35,870, a fund balance of $13,589 and expenditures of $34,280. The largest expenditure was for $19,600 in the category of “other advertising.”
Speaks’ top donors are Richard Soubers of Mountain Home, JAG PAC of Little Rock and AHC-PAC, both Little Rock, $2,800 each; AHC-PAC of Little Rock, $2,550 and DBG Management Consultants of Morrilton, $2,700.
Online information for Evans does not reflect a pre-election report having been filed by last Tuesday’s deadline.
Her most recent report, reflecting activity through Jan. 31, shows contributions for the complete election cycle to that point of $8,925, a fund balance of $1,868 and expenditures of $12,056. The largest expenditure was for $5,188 in the category of “other adversiting.”
Evans’ top donors are Thomas Embach Jr. of Gassville, $2,750; Tom Embach Sr. of Mountain Home, $2,000; Nick Coleman of Mountain Home, $1,000; and the Arkansas Professional Firefighters PAC of Little Rock and Ed Coulter of Mountain Home, $500 each.
The winner of the Republican primary Tuesday will face Libertarian candidate Kevin Vornheder of Mountain Home in the November general election.
The 2020 Primary Election with the U.S. president on the ballot was moved forward to March as a result of action taken last year by the Arkansas legislature.
During the regular legislative session, Act 545 was passed leading to Arkansas joining 13 other states holding primaries in March in the years in which the office of president of the United States is on the ballot and a May preferential primary election in the years in which the office of governor is voted on.
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