Arkansas Senate Poll: Cotton 43, Pryor 35 Freshman Republican congressman Tom Cotton may have only served in Congress for a few months, but conservative groups are already considering him for a 2014 Senate run in his native Arkansas against vulnerable Democrat Mark Pryor. The Washington Post reports on a new poll showing Cotton, an Army veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, leading Pryor by eight points: Cotton is an Iraq War veteran and conservative darling whose 2012 House bid was backed by the anti-tax Club For Growth, one of two conservative groups that commissioned polling on the race that was released Tuesday. The polling data, which Basswood Research collected, show Cotton leading Pryor, 43 percent to 35 percent. Cotton hasn’t ruled out a Senate run, and recently said he probably won’t come to a decision for some time. The release of the polling data comes three weeks after the Club went up on the air with six-figure TV ad buy slamming Pryor’s record. The ad made no mention of Cotton, but it was a notable purchase coming so early in the cycle. “As I’ve said before, the Club for Growth PAC would strongly consider supporting Congressman Cotton if he chose to try and take his free-market principles to the United States Senate, but as far as we know he hasn’t made a decision yet,” Club For Growth spokesman Barney Keller said, repeating his stance after the launch of the anti-Pryor ad.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:28:40 +0000
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