ITS GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014, AND FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL RACES WILL FINALLY BE DECIDED, AFTER A LENGHTY CAMPAIGNS. ON THE NATIONAL SCENE, THE SPOTLIGHTS ON A U.S. SENATE RACE, AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVES RACES IN THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, ALL, THAT HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT ATTENTION. VOTERS WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF STATEWIDE RACES TO ADDRESS, WITH GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE LAND COMMISSIONER, AND STATE AUDITOR, JUST A FEW OF THOSE. LOCALLY, STATE REPRESENTATIVES RACES WILL INVOLVING SEVERAL DISTRICTS. POPE, YELL AND JOHNSON COUNTY HAVE THEIR SHARE OF COUNTY OFFICIALS SEEKING RE-ELECTION, MAYORIAL AND CITY COUNCIL POSTS THAT WILL ALL BE DECIDED, WITH TODAY'S VOTE.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - THE NATIONALLY WATCHED U.S. SENATE RACE IN ARKANSAS IS NEARING THE END MUCH THE SAME WAY IT BEGAN 15 MONTHS AGO: WITH DEMOCRATIC U.S. SEN. MARK PRYOR AND REPUBLICAN REP. TOM COTTON TRADING FAMILIAR JABS OVER WHO WILL PUT THE STATE'S INTERESTS FIRST.
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EARLY VOTING CAME TO A CLOSE ON MONDAY, WITH NUMBERS INDICATING A SIGNIFICANT TURNOUT BEFORE ELECTION DAY. AT MONDAY'S CLOSE, 9702 BALLOTS HAD BEEN CAST AT THE POPE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION HEADQUARTERS. IN YELL COUNTY, JUST OVER 2-THOUSAND VOTES HAD BEEN RECORDED AT THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICES IN DARDANELLE AND DANVILLE. JOHNSON COUNTY OFFICIALS SET THEIR EARLY VOTE TOTAL AT JUST OVER 25-HUNDRED BALLOTS CAST AT THE COURTHOUSE IN CLARKSVILLE.
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