US Senate Candidate John Gray Shut Out of Arkansas Debates
Autumn in American Third Party Politics means the battle to be included in publicly funded debates and forums, often a losing battle.
From the Arkansas News: “Exclusion from Senate debate irks independent, Green Party nominee”
LITTLE ROCK — Independent and Green Party candidates for U.S. Senate say they will be in Hot Springs Friday to protest their exclusion from a candidate forum sponsored by the Association of Arkansas Counties.
The association has invited Democratic incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln and her Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. John Boozman, to participate in a forum at its annual conference at the Hot Springs Convention Center, but independent candidate Trevor Drown and Green Party candidate John Gray are not invited.
“We’re going to be protesting over in Hot Springs on Friday morning on this,” Gray said Wednesday. “My feeling is, that is a state group, an association of counties, and they have no business whatever spending state money to have a private debate.”
John Gray for US Senate website (donations surely welcome)
Is it possible to have a last minute legal challenge?
The word “irks” in the headline really trivializes the issue.