Hutchinson says he has more than $1.5 million for re-election try

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (left) is shown with  Mike Preston, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, in this file photo.
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (left) is shown with Mike Preston, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, in this file photo.

LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Asa Hutchinson's re-election team says the incumbent has more than $1.5 million available ahead of Arkansas' primary and general elections next year.

As the governor prepared to file a quarterly report about his fundraising, his campaign team says it spent $100,000 in the most recent quarter. It raised nearly $474,000 in cash plus had $15,000 from non-cash contributions from July to the end of September. Hutchinson's chief political strategist, Jon Gilmore, said that for this election cycle, Hutchinson has raised nearly $1.8 million.

No Democrats have announced that they will challenge the Republican incumbent next year. A gun-rights advocate, Jan Morgan of Hot Springs, said last week that she is exploring whether to enter next May's GOP primary.

Read Tuesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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