Arkansas Democrats Say a Party Challenge to Republican Sen. Cotton Unlikely

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams,

Daniel Breen

Published November 26, 2019 at 2:25 PM CST

Democratic Party of Arkansas Chair Michael John Gray speaks to reporters Monday about the inability of the party to put a new candidate on the ballot to challenge Sen. Tom Cotton in 2020.

A former U.S. Senate candidate's silence on why he dropped out is making a Democratic presence in the Arkansas race unlikely. Democrat Josh Mahony announced via Twitter on Nov. 12 he was withdrawing from the race against Republican incumbent Sen. Tom Cotton.

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