{"id":433525,"date":"2021-04-20T09:35:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=433525"},"modified":"2021-04-20T09:35:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:35:27","slug":"arkansas-felon-launches-bid-to-be-democratic-senate-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-felon-launches-bid-to-be-democratic-senate-nominee\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas Felon Launches Bid To Be Democratic Senate Nominee"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farkansas-felon-launches-bid-to-be-democratic-senate-nominee%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=433525&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-43.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The latest Democrat running to challenge Sen. John Boozman (R., Ark.) is a felon who hopes voters will look past his extortion conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Foster, a former alderman for Pine Bluff, Ark., spent three years in federal prison for taking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressreader.com\/usa\/arkansas-democrat-gazette\/20100719\/281706905958492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$32,500 in exchange<\/a> for votes on zoning issues in the state. Now, just a decade after his 2009 release, Foster says Democratic voters should nominate him to run for Senate because he knows &#8220;how to get things done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know politics and what it takes to help people,&#8221; Foster said in his campaign announcement. &#8220;And that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about. We need people in Washington who want to help Arkansans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nominating the convicted felon would be a step in the right direction for the Arkansas Democratic Party, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/only-democrat-running-against-tom-cotton-abruptly-quits-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed to even get a nominee<\/a> on the ballot last cycle, when the sole candidate challenging Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) abruptly ended his campaign just after the filing deadline. Foster joins a weak Democratic field that represents the party\u2019s slip in a state that once housed the Clinton family dynasty. Dan Whitfield, a progressive activist who <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/arkansas-democrats-fail-to-get-candidate-on-ballot-against-cotton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/arkansas-democrats-fail-to-get-candidate-on-ballot-against-cotton\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1618933907857000&#038;usg=AFQjCNFx0UN3FQBCYIQj8jA7aE_wJccUFg\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">briefly ran<\/a> as an independent against Cotton in 2020, is also running.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have rapidly fallen off the map in Arkansas, which a decade ago was a southern stronghold for the party. In 2011, Democrats held three of four House seats, both Senate seats, and the governor\u2019s mansion. Now, Republicans control them all.<\/p>\n<p>Republican state senator Trent Garner told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>\u00a0Foster&#8217;s entrance into the race is emblematic of the party&#8217;s collapse in Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Democratic Party of <span class=\"il\">Arkansas<\/span> has moved so far to the extreme left, they have resorted to scraping the bottom of the barrel to get candidates,&#8221; Garner said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted Foster is the latest in an emerging pattern of &#8220;questionable&#8221; Democratic candidates in the state, pointing to the case of Jimmie Wilson, a Democratic state legislature candidate who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwaonline.com\/news\/2020\/nov\/24\/arkansas-supreme-court-invalidates-democratic\/\">disqualified<\/a> from serving in office by the Arkansas Supreme Court due to prior corruption charges.<\/p>\n<p>Foster has remained involved in local politics despite his conviction. In 2010, he said it was the only way he could work to make his home city of Pine Bluff a better place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two things make the world go around\u2014money and politics,&#8221; Foster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressreader.com\/usa\/arkansas-democrat-gazette\/20100719\/281706905958492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.pressreader.com\/usa\/arkansas-democrat-gazette\/20100719\/281706905958492&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1618933907858000&#038;usg=AFQjCNHRs1vH1EZfUGq4wm1gSdt_DMnIIA\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">said<\/a> in a 2010 profile. &#8220;If you ain\u2019t got no money, you need to be in politics. And I ain\u2019t got no money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Boozman announced last month he was running for reelection. The former optometrist was first elected in 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Democrat running to challenge Sen. John Boozman (R., Ark.) is a felon who hopes voters will look past his extortion conviction. 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