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New district boundaries, retirements and bids for higher office have left a political vacuum in Northwest Arkansas' legislative delegation of at least 11 open seats out of 24. Candidate filing to fill the void starts today.
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — A Springdale city official and an attorney are facing off in a special election to fill a vacant Arkansas state Senate seat in a special election on Tuesday. Republican Colby Fulfer and Democrat Lisa Parks are running for the state Senate District 7 seat in northwest Arkansas.
The Senate on Monday voted to allow Springdale Republican Colby Fulfer to sit in the state Senate chamber and participate in the Senate's events.
Attorney Lisa Parks of Tontitown is running for the state Senate District 31 seat, announcing her Democratic bid minutes after narrowly losing a special election for the state Senate.