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Beyond the Ozarks

Whitewater, Casinos and the 1994 Election

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published August 16, 2021 at 11:31 AM CDT

1994 Arkansas Gubernatorial Debate between jim Tucker and Sheffield Nelson

This week's time travel with Pryor Center archives takes us back to the Arkansas Governor's race of 1994. Jim Guy Tucker, who become governor when Bill Clinton went to the White House, was challenged by Sheffield Nelson. Randy Dixon, with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, produced the debate. He also is our weekly guide through the archives.

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Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.

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