This morning brought a lot of polling news related to the Arkansas elections, but no numbers in the treasurer’s race between Democrat Martha Shoffner and Republican Chris Morris.

Still, that contest has seen a bit of drama this week, with Morris on Monday attacking Shoffner on her civil rights record [www.nwanews.com/adg/News/170644] because she voted against creating a committee to oversee the Daisy Gatson Bates state holiday (even though she voted to create the holiday itself).

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Then yesterday it emerged that Morris was asked to leave his job in Gov. Mike Huckabee‘s office for apparently using a state computer to campaign. [www.nwanews.com/adg/News/170821]

Morris denied any wrongdoing through his campaign manager, but Huckabee spokeswoman Alice Stewart left the clear impression that officials on Huckabee’s staff thought otherwise.

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On Monday, the governor’s office began investigating whether Morris had used his computer for campaign purposes.

Morris then “left” the governor’s office Tuesday, Huckabee spokesman Alice Stewart said.

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“We did conduct a review of his computer. At the conclusion of the review it was determined by all that it would be best for Chris to not continue full-time employment in the office during the campaign,” Stewart said.

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