Arkansas Times: “Attorney General Leslie Rutledge finally bowed to the overwhelming poll indications that she’d lose a race for governor in the Republican primary against Sarah Huckabee Sanders and quit the race, opting to run for the meaningless position of lieutenant governor instead.
…Polls showed Sanders with a commanding lead, not to mention an enormous edge in money ($9.1 million to $1.4 million) thanks to her fund-raising nationally among Trump supporters. Sanders, who’s nationalized this race on the Trump agenda as his former designated liar and made few Arkansas appearances and virtually no press interviews: now has no primary opponent and can spend an unprecedented amount on the general election race against the Democratic nominee, a race now including Chris Jones, Rus Russell, Supha Mays and Anthony Bland. Jones has had great success in fund-raising among Democrats.”