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Campaign push in Arkansas Americans for Prosperity, backed by the Koch brothers, is waging a campaign to turn the Arkansas legislature Republican.
Sept. 29, 2012
Cynthia Starling. left, and Norma Addison wait for the start of a bus tour rally organized by Americans for Prosperity in front of the Hilton Garden Inn in Jonesboro, Ark. Addison says she chose to attend the rally, part of Americans for Prosperity's "Obama's Failing Agenda Tour," because "It's kind of like taking your Bible with you somewhere. It just shows which side you're on."
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Sept. 29, 2012
Americans for Prosperity field coordinator Joanne Filiatreau takes a break on the political advocacy group's tour bus before a rally in Jonesboro, Ark. Both houses of the Arkansas legislature are in play this November, with every seat up for reelection for the first time in a decade. Republicans need to flip just a handful of seats to turn the chambers red for the first time since the end of the Civil War. Of the 11 states that made up the Confederacy, Arkansas is the only one remaining with a Democratic chamber.
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Sept. 29, 2012
From front left, Gloria Nixon, Jean Heringer, Leslie Parsons and Jerre Spurlock greet each other as a crowd grows before a rally in Jonesboro, Ark. The political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity is sponsoring a national bus tour to spread information about their opposition to Obama administration policies. The group, which is funded in part by billionaires Charles and David Koch, owners of a Kansas petrochemical conglomerate, was created in 2004 as a counterweight to the grassroots pressure applied by unions.
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Sept. 29, 2012
Actor John Ratzenberger, left, fields a question from Tim Reddick during a bus tour rally stop by political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity in front of the Iron Horse Barbeque restaurant in Paragould, Ark.
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Sept. 29, 2012
Sue Garrison asks about the financial backing of Americans for Prosperity by brothers David and Charles Koch of Koch Industries during a bus tour rally stop by in Jonesboro, Ark. Americans for Prosperity is known for its hard-hitting TV ads attacking President Obama and organizing tea party opposition to his policies. But the group is also fully engaged in more local issues and races in the 35 states where it has chapters.
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Sept. 29, 2012
Teresa Oelke, Arkansas state director of Americans for Prosperity, addresses a crowd of people during a rally in Jonesboro, Ark. Oelke has attacked about a dozen Democratic state legislators who supported a proposed ballot measure on a diesel tax increase. Robert Thompson, who is one of those targeted by AFP, says the tax was never even put before voters.
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Sept. 29, 2012
Jacky Bosacker shouts to passers-by along with fellow President Obama supporters across the street from the Iron Horse Barbeque restaurant in Paragould, Ark., where the conservative political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity held the latest stop during a national bus tour.
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Sept. 29, 2012
Larry Lee, 18 months, plays in his stroller while parents Jeff and Amber Lee look on in front of the Iron Horse Barbeque restaurant in Paragould, Ark., as a rally by Americans for Prosperity takes place in the parking lot. In Arkansas, the group is fighting tax increases and curbs on development and has led the charge against the creation of a state health insurance exchange, a key part of President Obama's health care law.
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Sept. 29, 2012
From left, Brenda Jenkins, Judy Hamilton, Dee Lindsey, Ray Lindsey and Judy Smallwood take a look at the menu and their new T-shirts inside the Iron Horse Barbeque in Paragould, Ark., after a bus tour rally by Americans for Prosperity in the restaurant's parking lot.
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Sept. 29, 2012
Whitney McCargo and Bob Wamble exchange words after a rally organized by Americans for Prosperity in Jonesboro, Ark.
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Sept. 29, 2012
President Obama supporter Candiss Collins, left, and Jean Heringer exchange words after a bus tour rally stop by conservative political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity in Jonesboro, Ark. Detractors charge that Americans for Prosperity is a shilling for its corporate patrons and rich donors — most of whom are unknown to the public. Officials point to their grassroots supporters, which one director numbers at 63,000 in Arkansas.
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Sept. 29, 2012
Drivers Al Stachura, left, and Gary Stoychoff fill up the tank of Americans for Prosperity's "Obama's Failing Agenda Tour" bus after a rally in front of the Iron Horse Barbeque restaurant in Paragould, Ark. AFP recruits thousands of volunteers for phone banks and neighborhood canvassing. That's different from many of largest conservative political groups, which spend their budgets almost exclusively on mass media.
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Sept. 20, 2012
Fairgoers pass the Craighead County Democratic Club booth, where candidates including Harold Copenhaver, standing, center left, running for state representative from District 58, and Craighead County tax collector candidate Marsha Phillips, seated, center right, campaign during the Northeast Arkansas District Fair. Democrats in state government here are on the defensive, reacting to widespread distrust of the president.
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Sept. 20, 2012
Betty Hamil talks with incumbent Democrat Butch Wilkins, Arkansas state representative from District 59, in front of Wilkins's campaign booth at the Northeast Arkansas District Fair. Democrats here point to their record of balanced budgets and tax cuts under the state's popular governor, Mike Beebe (D). Recently, Americans for Prosperity took direct aim at that record with a television ad asking, "Is Arkansas headed to a brighter future?" and saying that debt and taxes are crushing the state's economy.
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Sept. 20, 2012
Incumbent Democrat Butch Wilkins, right in the forefront, is the Arkansas state representative from District 59. He talks with, from left, Wendell Rowlett, Peggy Rowlett, Sandi Hoeppner and Eileen Hoeppner while Wilkins supporter Jim McClung looks on at a campaign booth at the Northeast Arkansas District Fair. The Rowletts had spent the prior day at a rally sponsored by conservative political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity and disagree strongly with the policies of Wilkins and others in the Democratic Party.
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