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Ken Adler / U.S. District 1 / Green
Ken Adler was born in Camden, Arkansas in 1956. His family moved to Colorado in 1965 and he was raised and educated in the Denver area. He graduated from Gateway High School in Aurora in 1974. Ken served in the U.S. Navy as a meteorologist from 1976-1980, achieving the rank of AG2 (E-5), including two meritorious promotions. After the military, Adler double-majored at Metropolitan State College of Denver and earned degrees in Psychology and Visual Communications, while working in the commercial printing industy, and performing as a guitarist and singer/songwriter. Ken moved back to Arkansas in 1992 and lived in Fayetteville. He operated a vintage guitar shop for one year, then attended graduate school at the University of Arkansas and studied History for two years. Adler was then employed by the University and worked in Computing Services from 1995-1998, during which time he leared to play the Great Highland Bagpipe. He left the UofA to work for Information Services at Lyon College in Batesville, AR, and to play with the Lyon College Pipe Band. Ken is married, and resides in Batesville with his wife, Nancy.
Mike Beebe / Gubernatorial / Democrat
Governor Mike Beebe has dedicated more than two decades of his life to serving the people of Arkansas. From state senator to attorney general and now governor, he has remained focused on fiscal responsibility, education and economic development. As he said on the day he first announced his candidacy for governor, You canąt come up the way I did and not believe that anything is possible. Beebe was raised by a single mother who raised her son on a waitressąs tips. She taught him the value of hard work and the importance of a strong education. He made these values the cornerstone of his administration. As Governor, Mike Beebe focused on education and economic development. In four years, more than 25,000 new jobs were announced across the state in the midst of a steep national economic downturn. Our state implemented the largest tax cut in Arkansas history while meeting the mandate for a balanced budget. Today, Arkansas is ranked 10th in the nation in overall public education by Education Week Magazine. Governor Beebe was born in Amagon, Arkansas. He earned degree in political science from Arkansas State University and a law degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, all the while serving his country in the U.S. Army Reserves.
John Boozman / U.S. Senate / Republican
John Boozman, a successful businessman and life-long resident of Arkansas, cleared a field of seven other contenders to win the Republican nomination for Arkansas’s U.S. Senate seat. Raised in Fort Smith, John graduated from Northside High School and went on to play football for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks while completing his pre-optometry requirements. He graduated from the Southern College of Optometry in 1977 and entered private practice that same year co-founding a family business with his brother that would ultimately become a key provider of eye care to Northwest Arkansas. With his wife Cathy and their three daughters by his side, John told supporters at his primary election night watch party, “the people of Arkansas understand that we can’t continue to have the tax, spend and borrow mentality that we are seeing out of this Administration.” The Obama-Pelosi-Reid approach to growing government at an uncontrollable pace runs counter to the way John has represented the Third District of Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives and will serve as a U.S. Senator.
Shane Broadway / Lt. Governor / Democrat
Shane is the youngest of six children born to the late Charles D. Broadway, and Bertha Broadway. He graduated from Bryant High School, and then attended Arkansas State University. Shane earned a bachelor’s degree, and received the R.E. Lee Wilson Award, the highest honor given to a graduating senior at ASU. Shane started his first job at age 5, working with his mother and father cleaning the Bryant First Baptist Church. That job helped his parents afford the college tuition at ASU. Now, Shane works as Director of Client Development for InSight Communications of Bryant and is also employed by the Saline County Development Corporation. A very active member of the community, Shane is a member of the Bryant and Benton Chambers of Commerce, the Saline County Farm Bureau, and the Saline County Ducks Unlimited. He serves on the Board of the Central Arkansas Development Council, the Christian Community Care Clinic, the Bryant Boys and Girls Club, Lion’s World Services for the Blind Board, the CARTI Foundation Board and the Quality Teaching and Learning Centers. Shane and Debbie are active members and supporters of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society of America, an issue that has hit close to the heart since Debbie was diagnosed with MS in 1991.
Chad Causey / U.S. District 1 / Democrat
Chad Causey is running for Congress to represent the First District of Arkansas. Growing up in a single-parent household, Chad went to work early on bagging groceries to help make ends meet. At his mom’s kitchen table, Chad learned the values of hard work and sacrifice. Now, he’s ready to take those values to Washington and get to work for the people of the 1st District of Arkansas. Chad is focused on creating jobs right here in Arkansas, cut spending in Washington, and protect Social Security and Medicare. As congressman, Chad will always put the people of the 1st District first and fight for Arkansas families.
Rick Crawford / U.S. District 1 / Republican
Rick Crawford grew up in a military family where his father served in the United States Air Force. During that time, Rick had the opportunity to live all over the United States and overseas. Rick graduated high school from Alvirne High School in Hudson, New Hampshire. Upon graduation, Rick enlisted in the United States Army where he served as a bomb disposal technician. He completed four years of service, advanced to the rank of Sergeant in under three years, and earned numerous medals for service in the U.S. and Southwest Asia. During his term of service, he also had the privilege of serving on numerous U.S. Secret Service security details supporting presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush among other U.S. and foreign dignitaries. After completing his term of service in the Army, Rick attended Arkansas State University in Jonesboro graduating in 1996 with a B.A. in Agriculture Business and Economics. During his time as a student at ASU, Rick was also a professional rodeo announcer, an activity he continued after graduation. He was named Announcer of the Year by the National Federation of Professional Bullriders in 1996, 1997 and 1998.
Mark Darr / Lt.Governor / Republican
Mark is a successful small business owner and lifelong resident of Arkansas. He was born in 1973 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. As the son of a Southern Baptist minister, he was taught at an early age to value faith, family, and friends. He is a graduate of Mansfield High School in Mansfield, Arkansas and Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. While at Ouachita, he served on the Student Senate as president of his class and president of his fraternity. There, he also met and married his wife, Kim. Mark and Kim moved to Little Rock where he started his own insurance business while she served as an elementary school teacher. In 2003, Mark and Kim were invited to be on the program for the Arkansas Right to Life Rally in Little Rock and in 2005, Mark was selected by Governor Huckabee to be a part of President George W. Bush’s Social Security panel at a town hall meeting in Little Rock. Mark, Kim, and their two children currently reside in Springdale, Arkansas where he and his wife are active in their church and community. Darr is a licensed insurance agent and co-owns The MAD Pizza Company chain.
Josh Drake / U.S. District 4 / Green
Josh Drake was born in Bad Tolz Germany and adopted when he was three days old by an American Army couple stationed in Germany. He grew up in Smithville, Tennessee and attended Rhodes College in Memphis on an academic scholarship, graduating in 1991 with a degree in Political Science/International Studies. After scoring in the top one percent in the nation on the law school admissions test, he attended the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia. In 1994 he began practicing law in Hot Springs, Arkansas with the non-profit Center for Arkansas Legal Services where he worked for the next eight years. While working at Legal Services, Josh also served as the President of the Arkansas Legal Services Workers Union. Josh recently founded his own law firm, Drake & Street, P.A. Josh and his wife of 19 years, Cheryl, have three children ages 13, 9 and 6 years old. The Drake family enjoys running and can be found at road races all over the state. In addition to coaching his son's baseball teams, Josh is active in various community organizations and serves on the Board of Directors for Garland County CASA, Spa Pacers and the Community Pocket Theatre. Josh supports the ten key values of the Green Party and wants to be a voice for all Arkansans in Washington.
Trevor Drown / U.S. Senate / Independent
Trevor Drown was born in Mountain Home, Arkansas, and resides in Russellville, Arkansas. He is a former Green Beret and combat veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was an operations and intelligence operator on a Special Forces "A" Team in Afghanistan, where he was awarded the Bronze Star, Army Commendation Medal with V device and the Combat Infantryman Badge. Drown is an employee of UPS, owns a small business and is currently a commissioned officer in the Air Force IRR. He was asked to run for office after speaking at one of the first Tea Party events in Arkansas on April 15, 2009. He made history in May 2010, by becoming the first Independent Candidate for US Senate in Arkansas in more than 30 years. He was able to gather the required signatures in order to be certified for the November election. He managed to gather 4,000 more than the required 10,000 signatures in 90 days and did it for less than $7,000 with over 1,000 volunteers. He has spoken at more than 17 tea-party events around the state. He was a guest speaker at the Rolling Thunder XXIII, POW/MIA demonstration in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. on Memorial Day weekend 2010. He has a BA in Languages from Arkansas Tech and has raised money for the Special Olympics. Drown is a member of the Russellville Chamber of Commerce, the American Legion, China Post #1, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Special Operations Association, Special Forces Association and the NRA.
Joyce Elliott / U.S. District 2 / Democrat
Senator Joyce Elliott was elected to the Arkansas State Senate in 2008 where she currently serves as the Majority Leader. Prior to her service in the Senate, she was elected as State Representative in November 2000 where she served three successive terms until December 2006. Along with her duties as Majority Leader, Elliott currently serves as a member of the Senate Education Committee. During her tenure in the House of Representatives, she has served on the Committees for the Judiciary; Aging, Youth, and Families; Education, where she chaired the Subcommittee on Higher Ed; State Agencies; and Budget. In her final term, she was Chair of the Education Committee and served on the committees for Insurance and Commerce, Budget, Personnel and Energy. For thirty‐one years, Elliott taught high school juniors and seniors. In June 2004, Elliott left the classroom and began working for the College Board, focusing on expanding access to Advance Placement curriculum for students currently underrepresented in AP classes: African American, Latino, rural and low‐income students. Until February 2010, she was the Director of Government Relations for the Southwest Region of the College Board.Elliott was born in Willisville, Arkansas, where she graduated from high school. She earned an undergraduate degree in English and Speech from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia in 1973 and a graduate degree in English from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, in 1981.
John Gray / U.S. Senate / Green
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Tim Griffin / U.S. District 2 / Republican
The youngest son of a minister and teacher, Tim Griffin is a fifth generation Arkansan, veteran, attorney and small business owner who lives in Little Rock with his wife Elizabeth, a Camden native, and their two children. Tim grew up in Magnolia where he attended public school before attending Hendrix College in Conway. He is a cum laude graduate of both Hendrix College and Tulane Law School in New Orleans. He also attended graduate school at Pembroke College, Oxford University, in England. Tim is currently serving in his 14th year as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps and holds the rank of major. In 2006, he served he served as an Army JAG with the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul, Iraq. In 2005, Tim served as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director, Office of Political Affairs at the White House. From 2006-2007, he served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, which includes 41 of Arkansas’ 75 counties and the cities of Little Rock, Jonesboro and Pine Bluff. He is the founder of the Griffin Law Firm, PLLC, and is also the principal and founder of Griffin Public Affairs, LLC.
Jim Keet / Gubernatorial / Republican
Jim Keet worked his way through Southern Methodist University where he graduated with honors in 1971. Keet has helped start numerous businesses in the restaurant, hotel, apartment, and real estate development industries which have created hundreds of jobs for Arkansans. He has run companies from two to 2,600 employees. In 1988, Keet was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives and in 1992 Keet was elected to the State Senate. Keet also served as the State Director for U.S. Senator Tim Hutchinson. Keet has served on more than 20 civic and charitable boards and has received numerous awards and honors including the FBI Community Service Award, the National Humanitarian Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews, an Outstanding Legislator Award from the Arkansas Education Association, and the Literacy Lifetime Achievement Award from the governor’s Commission on Adult Literacy. Keet is the President of Keet Management Company and JTJ Restaurants in Little Rock. He is a member of St. Andrew Church and has been married to Doody Keet for thirty-nine years. They have four children, Tommy, Chase, Jake and Cassie as well as two grandchildren, Holden Keet and Hawkins Crocker.
Lewis Kennedy / U.S. District 2 / Green
I am a seventh generation Arkansan. My father was a WWII veteran and mother worked in the defense plant at Jacksonville. My parents farmed and taught school. My brother is a fourth generation Arkansas schoolteacher. I own a portion of the family farm. I was born in Conway Arkansas. I received my high school diploma from Guy-Perkins while I was in basic training at Ft. Polk La. I received a degree in Political Science from University of Arkansas Fayetteville in 1969. I was commissioned in July 1969, and deployed to Europe in Jan 1970. (8th Infantry Division). I went to Viet Nam in August of 1971. (1st Cavalry Division) I entered the Army Reserve in Feb 1984 and retired in June of 1997. I started work for the United States Postal Service as a letter carrier in July of 1984. I became a supervisor in Jan 2000 and retired in May 2007. I married Maria Ramos in Oct 1968. We have two children and three grandchildren.
Rebekah Kennedy / Attorney General / Green
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Jim Lendall / Gubernatorial / Green
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Blanche Lincoln / U.S. Senate / Democrat
Blanche Lincoln is a seventh-generation Arkansan and farmer’s daughter raised in the Arkansas Delta town of Helena. She embarked on a career in public service when she challenged a 24-year incumbent for Congress in 1992. She was inspired by the words of her father, the late Jordan Lambert, who said, “Don’t complain about the way things are unless you are willing to make the effort to change them.” Today, Lincoln is the state’s Democratic Senior U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, the first Arkansan to lead the Committee in its 185-year history. She is recognized as a relentless advocate for Arkansas and the issues that most directly affect Arkansans, like job creation, tax relief, rural development, health care, education, energy reform, farm policy, and elder care. Throughout her public service, she has been a champion for Arkansas’s working families, small businesses, veterans and seniors.
Mark Martin / Secretary of State / Republican
Rep. Mark Martin grew up on a small family farm in Eastern Arkansas. He is the son of Russell and Joyce Martin, has one brother, Greg, and one sister, Sheree. His family worked to raise soybeans, rice, and winter wheat on the same plot of land that his father grew up on. The family farm suffered like many such farms in the eighties. In order to support the family, his father became an over the road truck driver until his retirement. Martin graduated from HughesHigh School in 1986 and began taking engineering courses at the University of Arkansas while working full time. This became quite difficult, so he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Shortly after joining the Navy, Martin married Sharon Tilley, a graduate of West Fork High School. After serving on submarines as a Nuclear Engineering Laboratory Technician, he was honorably discharged and resumed pursuit of an engineering degree. Martin received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1998. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Arkansas. While in college Martin was awarded the Robinson Armament Graduate Research Scholarship, the U of A Teaching Academy Academic Excellence Award for Technology Application, two Research Fellowships from Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory.
Dustin McDaniel / Attorney General / Democrat
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Pat O'Brien / Secretary of State / Democrat
Pat O’Brien is currently seeking the position of Arkansas Secretary of State. Pat has served as Pulaski Circuit and County Clerk since 2005, where he has turned a perennial embarrassment into a point of pride. He has also served his community on the Pulaski County School Board and as Chief of Staff for the 22nd Judicial District’s Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Prior to public service, Pat had a successful law practice and served as Director of Operations for JKP Foods, Inc., running seven McDonald’s restaurants in North Pulaski County. He is a native of Jacksonville, Arkansas, and received both his Bachelors and Juris Doctorate degrees from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. For more detailed information about Pat’s life and candidacy, please visit our website: www.PatOBrienforArkansas.com.
Beth Anne Rankin / U.S. District 4 / Republican
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Mike Ross / U.S. District 4 / Democrat
A fifth-generation Arkansan, Mike Ross was born in Texarkana, Arkansas, and grew up in Prescott, Emmet and Hope as the son of public school educators. He has been married for 27 years to his wife, Holly, and they have two children attending college in Arkansas. Mike and his family are active members of the Prescott First United Methodist Church. Mike is a graduate of Hope High School and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He is a former small business owner and a former member of the Nevada County Quorum Court and the Arkansas State Senate. Mike Ross is endorsed by the National Rifle Association and is a recipient of the Arkansas Farm Bureau’s “Friend of the Farm Bureau Award” and a recipient of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “Spirit of Enterprise Award.” He serves as Vice Chair of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus and is a leader of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition. He is a strong advocate for lower taxes and a balanced budget, stronger immigration laws, fairer trade agreements that stop shipping our jobs overseas and a fierce advocate for protecting Social Security and Medicare. As an avid hunter and outdoorsman, Mike enjoys spending time with his family and hunting and fishing right here at home in Arkansas.
David Whitaker / U.S. District 3 / Democrat
David joined the Air Force in 1983 where he was trained as Russian Linguist whose work in military intelligence saw some of the last days of the Cold War. After six years of service, David had achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant, and was honorably discharged in 1989. His military career included assignments in Texas, Japan, at Fort Meade outside of Washington, D.C. David has clerked for the Washington County Prosecuting Attorney and served in the Prosecutors office, where he was Coordinator of the Washington County Domestic Violence Task Force. In 2001, David became the Assistant City Attorney for the City of Fayetteville. He was chair of the Washington County Democrats. He has served on both the state and executive committees of the Democratic Party of Arkansas. David was the founding chair of the Veteran's Caucus of the Democratic Party of Arkansas to put veteran's issues at the forefront of the Democratic agenda. David and his wife live near the University of Arkansas campus. He received a BA from Mary Washington in 1992 and JD from the University of Arkansas in 1999. He has taken an active role in the leadership of the Arkansas Bar Association by representing Washington County in the House of Delegates and as past chair of the Government Practice Section and Law School Committee.
Steve Womack / U.S. District 3 / Republican
On November 3, 1998, Womack was elected Mayor of Rogers. He was re-elected without opposition in November 2002 and again in 2006. He is currently serving his third term as mayor of Arkansas’ ninth largest city. Womack’s civil service includes two separate terms on the Rogers City Council. He has also been active in the Rogers Chamber of Commerce as an officer and director, and served two terms as president of the Rogers-Lowell United Fund in the 80’s. Womack has served on the Northwest Arkansas Community College Task Force, St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation, Rogers Parks Commission, coached several youth sports teams, and participated in numerous other civic activities. A former Rotarian, Womack is a Paul Harris Fellow. Womack was chairman of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission from 2003-2005. In 2007, the March of Dimes honored Mayor Womack as its Citizen of the Year. At the state level, Governor Mike Huchabee appointed Womack to the Arkansas Commission on National and Community Service in 1999. Womack served as chairman of the commission in 2001.