Hallie Shoffner Rallies in Texarkana Against Tom Cotton After Losing 150-Year-Old Family Farm
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Updated · Ashley COunty Ledger · Oct 24
Hallie Shoffner Rallies in Texarkana Against Tom Cotton After Losing 150-Year-Old Family Farm
3 articles · Updated · Ashley COunty Ledger · Oct 24
Summary
Texarkana hosted a Friday rally for Democratic Senate candidate Hallie Shoffner, who used the event to sharpen her challenge to Republican incumbent Tom Cotton.
Shoffner said she entered the race after closing her family's 150-year-old farm last year, blaming a broader farm crisis and rising costs that she said she had lived through personally.
Cotton's 14 years in Washington were a central target of her remarks; she accused him of backing policies that raised fuel costs, threatened healthcare and hurt agriculture.
Shoffner tied those claims to Arkansas conditions, saying 60% of rural hospitals have closed and a quarter of family farms have been lost, including her own.
Ulysses Brewer, Texarkana's assistant mayor and a Democratic candidate for Miller County judge, also campaigned at the rally, linking the event to wider local election efforts.