Arkansas governor candidates hitting the campaign trail – 4029tv

Election Day is less than two months away, on Nov. 8. That's when voters will go to the polls and decide on the next governor of Arkansas.Republican candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Democrat Chris Jones and Libertarian Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. are vying for the position. All three candidates spent the past week on the campaign trail. Harrington Jr. hopes his campaign puts the Libertarian Party on the map with people in Arkansas.We have made great progress in our country because of those ideas and principles of liberties, he said. We have freedoms as African Americans in this country now. Freedoms that my grandparents didn't have. Freedoms that my parents didn't have, as a black man right now, and we're still working towards those principles of liberty.Jones is continuing his walk a mile campaign. He told 40/29 News this past week that he wants to hear from Arkansas on issues that matter to them, like education.Jones spent Friday in Russellville. He said the energy has been high on his campaign stops."When we're thinking about the position of governor, it's an executive position, and so you need executive experience, he said. And Ive run multiple multi-million-dollar organizations. It's a problem-solving experience. We have problems to solve, and Im an engineer and a scientist. I know how to solve problems. Most importantly, it's a moment where we need a leader who has the compassion to bring us together as a community."Sanders greeted hundreds of voters in Bella Vista Friday morning as part of her freedom tour. She focused on improving education and making sure young Arkansans are set up for success."We pushed this idea for so long that if a kid didn't go to a four-year university, that they couldn't be successful, she said. Frankly, nothing could be further from the truth. We need to put kids on a pathway to prosperity, and make sure they're prepared either when they graduate from high school to go directly into the workforce. Or whether they're going into a two-year program, an apprenticeship program, or a four-year degree."

Election Day is less than two months away, on Nov. 8. That's when voters will go to the polls and decide on the next governor of Arkansas.

Republican candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Democrat Chris Jones and Libertarian Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. are vying for the position.

All three candidates spent the past week on the campaign trail.

Harrington Jr. hopes his campaign puts the Libertarian Party on the map with people in Arkansas.

We have made great progress in our country because of those ideas and principles of liberties, he said. We have freedoms as African Americans in this country now. Freedoms that my grandparents didn't have. Freedoms that my parents didn't have, as a black man right now, and we're still working towards those principles of liberty.

Jones is continuing his walk a mile campaign. He told 40/29 News this past week that he wants to hear from Arkansas on issues that matter to them, like education.

Jones spent Friday in Russellville. He said the energy has been high on his campaign stops.

"When we're thinking about the position of governor, it's an executive position, and so you need executive experience, he said. And Ive run multiple multi-million-dollar organizations. It's a problem-solving experience. We have problems to solve, and Im an engineer and a scientist. I know how to solve problems. Most importantly, it's a moment where we need a leader who has the compassion to bring us together as a community."

Sanders greeted hundreds of voters in Bella Vista Friday morning as part of her freedom tour.

She focused on improving education and making sure young Arkansans are set up for success.

"We pushed this idea for so long that if a kid didn't go to a four-year university, that they couldn't be successful, she said. Frankly, nothing could be further from the truth. We need to put kids on a pathway to prosperity, and make sure they're prepared either when they graduate from high school to go directly into the workforce. Or whether they're going into a two-year program, an apprenticeship program, or a four-year degree."

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