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Interest appears strong in Tuesday's general election in Arkansas. While it doesn't have specific figures yet, the Secretary of State's office says it is hearing of high turnout in a number of locations.

President Barack Obama rolled to re-election Tuesday night, vanquishing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney despite a weak economy that plagued his first term and put a crimp in the middle class dreams of millions. In victory, he confidently promised better days ahead.

Republicans in Arkansas aiming for a takeover of the state House and Senate next week could be in a position to alter the plans of a Democratic governor who's enjoyed a string of victories at the statehouse over the past several years.

More than 100 Republican supporters and party leaders gathered in the River Market, Saturday, to rally behind the party as the election nears.

Republican Congressman Tim Griffin has more than $450,000 in the bank as he heads into the final few weeks of his re-election bid for a central Arkansas seat.

The two candidates for an east Arkansas congressional seat are among the speakers expected during a two-day conference of Delta leaders.

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel says he's raised more than $1 million during the first three months of fundraising for his 2014 bid for governor.

Freshman Republican Congressman Tim Griffin is squaring off with Democratic rival Herb Rule and two third-party candidates for a televised debate.

Monday night, the Arkansas Republican Party announced it will no longer financially contribute the campaigns of three candidates running for the state legislature.

Arkansas Democrats are hoping to win against Republicans at the ballot box.

The national Republican Party's political action committee gave six Arkansas Legislature candidates some late financial support Wednesday in the hopes that the GOP will gain majorities in the state House and Senate for the first time since the Civil War.

Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin is getting some help from a large Arkansas family that has its own TV reality show.

Tropical Storm isaac is affecting plans for the Republican National Convention in Florida. But Arkansas Congressman Tim Griffin is not worried about the Presidential campaign even if major disruptions reach Tampa.

Monday night, the former congressman who put president Barack Obama's name into nomination in 2008 spoke at the Arkansas Republican Party headquarters.

Republican congressional hopeful Tom Cotton and Democratic rival Gene Jeffress both say the the nation's health care system is imperfect, but they disagree over whether the federal law overhauling it should be repealed.

Treasurer Martha Shoffner says she wants to correct problems identified by legislative auditors who questioned her office's investment practices, and says she won't step down over the findings.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the Arkansas Democratic Party by a Tennessee attorney who wasn't awarded any of the state's delegates despite winning 42 percent of the vote in the party's presidential primary earlier this year.

The Pulaski Circuit/County Clerk is warning voters to ignore a chain emails that claim "the voting rules have changed" and urging them not to forward the email to others.

U.S. Senator Mark Pryor sat down with Fox 16's Hubert Tate and talked about the Democratic Convention this week.

Months after proposing to raise taxes on millionaires in exchange for a balanced budget amendment, U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford says he's not backing down from the idea that angered conservatives who elected the Republican Arkansas congressman after he ran on an anti-tax pledge.

A Democratic state legislator from east Arkansas, his father and two campaign workers pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to commit election fraud after federal prosecutors said the lawmaker's campaign bribed absentee voters and destroyed ballots in a special election last year.

Mike Huckabee is heading back to Arkansas to raise money for the state Republican Party.

Redus talks why he filed the lawsuit, possibly allowing him to stay in office another 2 years.

The National Federation of Independent Business is endorsing Republicans over Democrats by a better than 10-1 margin in congressional races this year, but when it needed someone to head its campaign for "sensible" federal regulations it turned to a conservative Democrat, former Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas.

The former girlfriend of state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson was charged Wednesday with third-degree domestic battery after allegedly hitting the Republican with a preserved alligator head during a dispute.

The chief investment officer for the state treasurer's office has asked lawmakers whether she would be protected as a whistleblower while answering questions about why bonds were sold at a loss to the state.

Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday said a conservative group's television ad that claims people are leaving Arkansas because of high taxes and government debt is "trashing" the state and its residents.

State Treasurer Martha Shoffner's office said Friday she'll appear before a legislative panel next week after her absence at a hearing on an audit of her office's investment practices prompted Arkansas lawmakers to issue a subpoena.

Wednesday, former Governor Mitt Romney attended fundraisers in Little Rock. The events raised more than $2 million for his campaign.

A panel of federal judges won't block the certification of an east Arkansas state Senate primary while they consider a lawmaker's complaint that his district was redrawn to intentionally weaken the black vote.

A special prosecutor has been appointed to handle a case involving allegations of voter fraud in Mississippi County.

Arkansas Republicans say they'll hold a special convention next week to pick a candidate for a state Senate seat after the party's nominee died from a heart attack.

Preparations are underway in Little Rock to welcome Governor Mitt Romney Wednesday. Romney will attend several private fundraising events in downtown Little Rock.

Former President Bill Clinton says Mitt Romney's financial record is a matter of legitimate campaign scrutiny because he's been selling himself as a fix-it man on the economy.

Mitt Romney, Republican candidate for president, has named University of Arkansas professor Robert Costrell to his advisory committee on education.

A Republican Party spokeswoman says state Senate hopeful Tommy Caubble has died. He was 65.

Arkansas Republican are gathering to pick the rest of the delegates they plan to send to the national GOP convention in Tampa, Fla.

State GOP officials say Mitt Romney will visit Arkansas for a fundraiser next week.

Arkansas voters can head to the polls to cast their ballots early in the primary runoff for two congressional seats and a handful of state legislative races.

The winners of Tuesday's primary runoffs for a pair of Arkansas congressional seats face vastly different challenges as Democrats try to prevent a Republican takeover of the state's four congressional districts this fall.

Arkansas' U.S. senators are using their summer recess from Congress to make stops at different points across the state.

The prosecutor who negotiated a plea deal that freed the West Memphis Three has wrapped up the Democratic Party's nomination for an eastern Arkansas congressional seat.

Polls are open for voters to cast ballots in the runoff election for primary races that weren't decided last month.

Tuesday night, Q. Byrum Hurst gave his full support to State Senator Gene Jeffress in the race for the Fourth District Congressional seat.

A former state legislator who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Congress and lieutenant governor is backing Republican U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford's re-election bid.

Arkansas' sole Democratic congressman joined Republicans in voting to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress over a botched gun-tracking operation.

A Washington, D.C.-based group says Arkansas has denied low-income residents the opportunity to register to vote, and Secretary of State Mark Martin's office says he is looking into the claim.

Arkansas senators have voted against a Senate version of the farm bill, but both say they will continue to work on the measure as it advances.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal urged Arkansas residents to give Republicans control of the Legislature this fall and to help the party sweep the state's four congressional seats.

Democrats running for congressional seats in southern and eastern Arkansas are going negative and touting their electability as early voting is set to begin in the primary runoffs for the two seats.