Arkansas House candidate arrested

Green Party Candidate Brian Barnett of Searcy, a candidate in the House District 50 race, was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with disorderly conduct. Barnett is unhappy that the other two candidates in the race have refused to debate him, so he decided to picket a Searcy streetcorner with a sign that contained profanity. Here's more from the Searcy Daily Citizen. Barnett is running against Democrat Monty Betts and Republican Kyle Reeves for the seat being vacated by term-limited David Evans (D-Searcy). The race is considered to be one of the tightest legislative races in the state.

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