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NPE Action Endorses Joyce Elliott for Congress in Arkansas! | Diane Ravitch's blog

NPE Action Endorses Joyce Elliott for Congress in Arkansas! | Diane Ravitch's blog

NPE Action Endorses Joyce Elliott for Congress in Arkansas!


Joyce is an outstanding state senator and she will be an outstanding Member of Congress, representing the people of Little Rock and nearby areas.
She is running against a Trumpian Republican, who is outspending her by enormous margins. Joyce plans a grassroots campaign to overcome the big money against her.
This is from her Wikipedia page:
A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Arkansas Senate, representing the 31st District, which consists of a portion of Pulaski County, since 2009. She is the former majority leader and was previously a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2000 through 2006. She has continued to be active in her party at the local, state, and national levels. Elliot acted as the chairman of the Whole Child Community Program and was the vice chairman of both the Arkansas Legislative Council of Policy Making and the Joint Public Retirement and Social Security programs. Elliott has also served on numerous committees in the Arkansas 90th General Assembly.
This is how Joyce describes her own background:
We will win this race, but we won’t do it by running a conventional campaign catering to the conventional political class. We will win this race because of grassroots support and people like you passionately fighting for CONTINUE READING: NPE Action Endorses Joyce Elliott for Congress in Arkansas! | Diane Ravitch's blog