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Candidate Hallie Shoffner Announces Challenge for Sen. Tim Cotton’s Seat
ARKANSAS, JUL 15 – Shoffner, a sixth-generation farmer and nonprofit CEO, criticizes Cotton's votes against the Farm Bill and tax cuts favoring the wealthy, pledging to restore Medicaid and Social Security.
- On Tuesday, Hallie Shoffner, a sixth-generation farmer from Newport, Arkansas, officially announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate to challenge incumbent Republican Tom Cotton.
- Shoffner launched her campaign amid frustration over Congress failing to reauthorize key agriculture and nutrition programs and criticized Cotton for opposing recent Farm Bills twice.
- Shoffner said she will fight a rigged system that hurts working families and emphasized her experience as a farmer and CEO of Delta Harvest supporting local food infrastructure in Arkansas.
- Shoffner stated, "I'll fight this rigged system every day" and blamed Cotton for rigging it by voting against farm support and favoring tax cuts for the wealthy.
- Cotton, first elected in 2014 after defeating Mark Pryor, is seeking a third Senate term and received Trump’s endorsement while ending the first quarter with $8.4 million in campaign funds.
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Candidate Hallie Shoffner announces challenge for Sen. Tim Cotton’s seat
NEWPORT, Ark. – A sixth-generation farmer from Newport has announced her challenge for Sen. Tom Cotton’s seat. Hallie Shoffner said she would run as a Democrat against the incumbent Republican. Arkansans getting government assistance ask senators to vote down ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ A Newport native who grew up on the family farm, Shoffner graduated from Vanderbilt University and the Clinton School of Public Service. She also founded and is t…
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The Toronto StarArkansas farmer launches bid to challenge US Sen. Tom Cotton’s reelection bid
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A sixth-generation farmer from northeast Arkansas announced Tuesday that she is seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Sen. Tom Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee who is seeking a third term.
Arkansas farmer Hallie Shoffner formally launches bid for U.S. Senate, challenging Cotton | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
WASHINGTON -- An Arkansas generational farmer will formally launch her U.S. Senate bid Tuesday, hoping to unseat Republican incumbent Tom Cotton in the Natural State's Senate contest next year.
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