WASHINGTON -- State Rep. Clarke Tucker is the Democrat with the best chance of unseating Republican U.S. Rep. French Hill, the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee told reporters Friday.
The Washington-based organization encouraged the Little Rock lawmaker to enter the race and is portraying him as the strongest of the four candidates in the May 22 Democratic primary.
"I clearly ... admire and think very highly of Clarke. I think he's in a strong place because of his roots, because of his story, because of his record of service and his ability to connect with his community," said U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, a lawmaker from New Mexico and the group's chairman.
Tucker, a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Arkansas School of Law, is also a cancer survivor, Lujan noted.
