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The Arkansas Republican Party has picked its political director for the 2012 elections.

Republican candidate Herman Cain is suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination to avoid continued news coverage of allegations of sexual misconduct that is hurtful to his family.

The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Steve Jernigan was legally elected mayor in 2010 because he keeps a residence inside the city limits.

Republican Congressman Rick Crawford says a redistricting plan approved earlier this year appears to create two misplaced precincts in his east Arkansas district and is asking state legislative leaders to review the map.

Sen. Mark Pryor said Wednesday that he's hopeful a special deficit-cutting panel will reach an agreement by next week's deadline and possibly go beyond the $1.2 trillion in cuts it must find, despite signs of deadlock from the committee.

A Jonesboro businessman says he won't seek the Democratic nomination for an east Arkansas congressional seat.

Arkansas lawmakers are planning a committee meeting to coincide with a football game at Fayetteville. The move is prompting complaints that taxpayers are footing the bill for pigskin, not policy.

Arkansas Land Commissioner John Thurston said Tuesday that he hasn't backed anyone in the Republican presidential contest, despite Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign touting him as a supporter last week.

Gov. Mike Beebe says he doesn't expect President Barack Obama to win Arkansas' six electoral votes next year and said he'll "probably" vote for the fellow Democrat.

The presidential campaign of Texas Gov. Rick Perry has announced more than two dozen endorsements from Arkansas lawmakers and party officials.

An economics professor said Wednesday he's seeking the Democratic nomination for the 1st Congressional District and becomes the second candidate to announce a bid to challenge freshman Republican U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford in east Arkansas.

Sen. Mark Pryor said Wednesday he will block votes on Treasury Department nominees over efforts to collect money from an Arkansas couple who were among thousands nationwide to receive disaster aid the Federal Emergency Management Agency now calls improper.

U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor says he's no longer blocking the Treasury Department's nominees after the agency reached an agreement with an Arkansas couple who received disaster aid the Federal Emergency Management Agency now calls improper.

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr is traveling to China this week with five other lieutenant governors on an economic development mission.

The only Democrat who's announced he'll run for U.S. Rep. Mike Ross' House seat says he's raised no money for next year's race.

Two Republicans who announced during the summer they want to replace Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Ross in a southern Arkansas district next year said Thursday their fundraising was off to a strong start.

President Bill Clinton is back in Arkansas 20 years after announcing running for president on the steps of the State House.

Arkansas Republicans who talk about wanting to limit the federal government's reach should reverse their opposition to a state health insurance exchange, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday.

Former President Bill Clinton is returning to the spot where he launched his White House bid 20 years ago for a reunion with his former advisers, supporters and friends.