Arkansas has four U.S. House districts. Three of them are held by Democrats, and one by a Republican. Primary filing deadline was March 10. No Republican filed in the 3 districts which are held by Democrats, and no Democrat filed in the one Republican district.
Therefore, if the Green Party hadn’t petitioned for ballot status this year, there would be no congressional races on the Arkansas November ballot (assuming no independent candidates qualify). When only one person is running, and no declared write-in candidate files, Arkansas removes the office from the November ballot.
Arkansas Greens have not yet nominated, but one presumes the party will take advantage of its opportunity and rull a full slate of candidates for U.S. House. The Arkansas Green Party nominates by convention.
Putin style politics has nothing on Arkansas! Go Greens!
wow this is great news for the greens!
It won’t be good news for Greens or any other third party until they field a candidate for every position – not just some! Seize this opportunity because as we know the big two are not true opposition parties.
Besides the good news, we really should ask why this happens? In a state that gave us the Clintons and the Huckabeen why are there no party activists or state house members who are willing to challenge incumbents? Pathetic.