In Arkansas, conservative Harvard war vet eyes US Senate Seat
Dardanelle (United States) (AFP) - Senate candidate Tom Cotton has energy to burn, and why shouldn't he? The rising Republican star is a fit former US Army officer who served two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Participating in a recent charity run in Little Rock, Arkansas, the 37-year-old Ivy grad and freshman congressman spotted incumbent Senator Mark Pryor, whose seat Cotton is seeking, on the sidelines.
"I ran right by him," Cotton told a supporter at a campaign stop later that day less than a month before mid-term elections November 4.
The Senate race won't be as easy. The rivals -- an entrenched Democrat with a strong political pedigree and a man who could represent the Republican Party's future -- are locked in a closely watched battle, one that may well decide who controls the Senate for the final two years of Barack Obama's presidency. ...