Former gubernatorial candidate Chris Jones has officially entered the race for the Second Congressional District against incumbent U.S. Rep French Hill and there’s already polling in their potential matchup.
Jones, a Democrat, is at 40.0 percent support in a poll released by his campaign and conducted by John Zogby Strategies. Hill, a six-term congressman, is at 41.2 percent while 18.8 percent are unsure. The difference between Jones, below, and Hill is essentially in the margin of error.
“Arkansans are ready for someone who will fight for them — not Wall Street, not the powerful few,” Jones said in a release. “This poll shows that this is truly a battleground district and that change is already underway.”
Hill won the last election with nearly 60 percent of the vote but hasn’t been especially popular in his home county of Pulaski, the state’s largest. As a punishment, Republican state legislators further gerrymandered the state’s congressional districts and split Pulaski County between the 1st, 2nd and 4th. Despite the overwhelming opposition of Pulaski County’s elected municipal officials as represented by Metroplan.
So, while President Donald Trump has been ordering state legislatures around the country to redraw the maps to benefit Republicans, there’s not much that could be done to help the GOP locally.
Mostly the push has been because Trump and the policy positions put forth by the Republican Party are wildly unpopular but, much like NASCAR, if you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying.
Jones, in the release, said, he is focused on building the “Next Arkansas” which he describes as “an economy that allows families to prosper, a democracy that reflects the people’s will, justice that treats everyone with fairness and dignity, and innovation that prepares us for the challenges ahead.”
Jones is an ordained minister and has a PhD in Rocket Science from the Masschusets Institute of Technology. Hill is a banker and worked in the Department of the Treasury under President George W. Bush.
Poll: The poll was fielded to a sample of approximately 400 adults by John Zogby Strategies on April 24-28. The margin of error for the poll was ±5.0 points.
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Former gubernatorial candidate Chris Jones has officially entered the race for the Second Congressional District against incumbent U.S. Rep French Hill and there’s already polling in their potential matchup.
Jones, a Democrat, is at 40.0 percent support in a poll released by his campaign and conducted by John Zogby Strategies. Hill, a six-term congressman, is at 41.2 percent while 18.8 percent are unsure. The difference between Jones, below, and Hill is essentially in the margin of error.
“Arkansans are ready for someone who will fight for them — not Wall Street, not the powerful few,” Jones said in a release. “This poll shows that this is truly a battleground district and that change is already underway.”
Hill won the last election with nearly 60 percent of the vote but hasn’t been especially popular in his home county of Pulaski, the state’s largest. As a punishment, Republican state legislators further gerrymandered the state’s congressional districts and split Pulaski County between the 1st, 2nd and 4th. Despite the overwhelming opposition of Pulaski County’s elected municipal officials as represented by Metroplan.
So, while President Donald Trump has been ordering state legislatures around the country to redraw the maps to benefit Republicans, there’s not much that could be done to help the GOP locally.
Mostly the push has been because Trump and the policy positions put forth by the Republican Party are wildly unpopular but, much like NASCAR, if you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying.
Jones, in the release, said, he is focused on building the “Next Arkansas” which he describes as “an economy that allows families to prosper, a democracy that reflects the people’s will, justice that treats everyone with fairness and dignity, and innovation that prepares us for the challenges ahead.”
Jones is an ordained minister and has a PhD in Rocket Science from the Masschusets Institute of Technology. Hill is a banker and worked in the Department of the Treasury under President George W. Bush.
Poll: The poll was fielded to a sample of approximately 400 adults by John Zogby Strategies on April 24-28. The margin of error for the poll was ±5.0 points.