- Julie Alexander
- FOUR FOR THE FOURTH: Democrat Gene Jeffress makes a point at Tuesday’s forum.
Cal Wasson provided the report on the jump of a Hot Springs forum last night featuring the four candidates for 4th District Congress, a seat being vacated by Rep. Mike Ross. He notes that questions were posed in advance, which meant prepared responses rather than a free-flowing debate. Democrat Gene Jeffress differed from Republican Tom Cotton on health care legislation. He suggested the federal law is a starting point; Cotton has from the beginning of his campaign backed complete repeal. (A punishing and probably impossible promise, but popular with the crowd that gathered last night.) Green candidate Josh Drake gave a ringing endorsement of universal health care.
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