In Arkansas, a solidly red state where pro-life and pro-gun values reign, the Republican primary candidates compete based on how conservative they are or how supportive they are of former President Donald Trump.
Sarah Sanders, a former White House press secretary for Trump, holds a solid lead in the gubernatorial Republican primary with 72.5 percent support, according to a recent survey conducted by local media Talk Business & Politics and Hendrix College among 802 likely GOP primary voters.
On the Democratic side for governor, Chris Jones garnered the support of 59.5 percent of likely voters in the survey; none of the party’s other candidates drew more than 5 percent support.
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