Polls show Lincoln with less than the 50 percent of the vote needed.
Though only four states will go to polls May 18, the ballot will be packed with marquee elections.
Here is POLITICO’s list of pols who should be looking over their shoulders.
The notion that lieutenant governor Bill Halter would be a stronger general election candidate in the Arkansas Senate race doesn’t hold true, according to the latest Mason-Dixon poll of the contest.
Republicans aren't the only ones who don't like her derivatives plan, though.
Americans for Job Security, the conservative group already that's already spending nearly a million dollars on controversial ads accusing Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter of outsourcing jobs to India, is investing hundreds of thousands more in new commercials attacking Sen. Blanche Lincoln's Democratic primary challenger. In a new spot starting Thursday, AJS repeats the outsourcing charge against Halter, setting this narration against somber music and a montage of black and white photos.
Americans for Job Security, the conservative group that recently launched an ad blitz for Republican Ken Buck's Senate campaign in Colorado, is on the air in Arkansas Monday with an ad accusing Democratic Lt. Gov. Bill Halter of outsourcing jobs to India during his time in the private sector.
Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter is gaining ground in his primary challenge to Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln, narrowing her advantage to 8 percentage points in a poll released Thursday by Daily Kos and Research 2000. Lincoln now leads Halter, 43 percent to 35 percent, with about three weeks to go until the May 18 election. Just two weeks ago, the same poll showed Lincoln with a 12-percentage-point lead. Another automated poll commissioned by the Arkansas-based TalkBusiness showed an 8-percentage-point lead for Lincoln.
Polls show many souring on the president.
Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln's campaign announced the decision to donate all of the Democrat's contributions from Goldman Sachs this cycle to charity. The money's going to the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance -- because, Lincoln said "we must take every opportunity to support the work of hunger relief organizations in Arkansas." Lincoln's primary challenger, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, had been hammering her over the donations.
Campaign for Working Families, the pro-life organization headed up by longtime Christian Conservative activist and onetime presidential candidate Gary Bauer, is dropping big bucks to target vulnerable Democrats this fall. The organization announced this week that it is launching a $2 million campaign targeting 22 vulnerable House and Senate Democratic-held seats ...
With three weeks until the Arkansas Senate primary, Republican Gilbert Baker is hitting Rep. John Boozman over his TARP vote.
The Arkansas senator turns down an invitation to debate her Democratic primary rival on TV.
Sen. Cantwell calls out the Senate old boys for brushing off the new girl on regulatory reform.
Both parties gear up for the first key test vote.
Help from national left shapes Halter's challenge to state establishment-backed Lincoln.
The two keep it civil in their first debate.
Bill Halter and Blanche Lincoln's first Democratic Senate debate will stream live on POLITICO's website at 8 p.m. Friday.
Blanche Lincoln’s Democratic colleagues are giving her with a boost of support just before her competitive primary showdown by making a concerted push to promote her legislation to regulate the derivatives market.
Senator nixes lunch with investment-bank execs.