Why Hillary Clinton is pushing to reignite Democrats in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK — The Hillary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library and Learning Center, set on a six-acre campus here, is about a 15-minute drive away from the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport.
In between are the state capitol and the governor’s mansion, now controlled by Republicans, who also hold all six of the state’s seats in Congress.
In some ways, Clinton never left the state where she served as first lady for 12 years, as she has already etched her name in Arkansas history. In others, she’s an outsider — the Democratic front-runner for president in a state that has moved sharply Republican in recent years.
Clinton returned Saturday evening to try to turn things around. She was the featured speaker at a Democratic fundraising dinner, telling some 2,000 people that “Democrats are in the future business” during a speech in which she emphasized her campaign theme of helping the middle class, slammed her Republican opponents, including Donald Trump, and called on Democrats to enlist candidates to take on Republicans.
The visit highlighted Clinton’s effort to fortify and revitalize state and local Democratic parties as she runs for president, including in areas where victories have been hard to come by in recent elections.
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