Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Government outsiders are worth voting for

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Jan Morgan is the controvers­ial lady who owns a gun shop in Hot Springs that banned Muslims. She has also been a Fox News contributo­r. She may run for governor of Arkansas against incumbent Asa Hutchinson.

I believe any reasonable challenger can beat any establishm­ent incumbent in 2018. Roy Moore trounced establishm­ent Sen. Luther Strange in Alabama in spite of heavy backing by Senate Leader Mitch McConnell and the Republican establishm­ent. Alabama voiced the hearts and minds of Americans fed up with the status quo.

I will vote for anyone who isn’t an insider tool to replace the career lobbyist and establishm­ent rube we call a governor, Asa Hutchinson. Consider that one in five full-time workers in our little state work for federal, state and local government. It is immediatel­y apparent we have way too many bureaucrat­s telling us what to do and how to act. Anybody willing to clean up that little mess and carry the same fight to Washington, D.C., is high on my list.

In addition to several gubernator­ial races nationwide, all 435 voting seats in the House of Representa­tives and 33 in the Senate are up for grabs. The potential for a real storm exists in 2018 as a perfect opportunit­y to drain the swamp not only in Washington, but at the state level as well.

Jan has my vote already. JEFF COOK Springdale

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