Democracy for America Endorses Dr. Chris Jones for Governor of Arkansas – SWARK Today

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LITTLE ROCK, AR – Forward of Might 24’s Arkansas major election, Democracy for America (DFA) has endorsed Dr. Chris Jones for Governor of Arkansas.

DFA is an early supporter of Jones and is jumping in to support his candidacy. The winner of the Democratic major is ready to face Sarah Sanders in November’s basic election

“Chris Jones is a seventh era Arkansan who has the good thoughts and compassionate coronary heart that voters want and he has the hopeful imaginative and prescient to unfold alternative throughout the state in a means that can assist uplift Arkansans,” mentioned Chris Scott,  Chief Political Officer – Democracy for America . “The very last thing Arkansas wants after these difficult years is division, lies and chaos. They want an modern downside solver with a minister’s coronary heart. Chris Jones has the momentum, the vary and depth of experiences, the thoughts, the guts and the values to win this race, and DFA is greater than prepared to assist him do it.”

“It’s an honor to have the assist and endorsement of Democracy for Motion,” mentioned Chris Jones. “So-called ‘pink’ states like Arkansas are actually non-voting states. With the assist of DFA and hundreds of Arkansans who’re hungry to unlock the state’s potential, I do know that we will prove voters which have been ignored and left behind. As soon as elected, we will unfold daring, people-centered alternatives throughout the state like PB&J — Preschool, Broadband and Jobs.”

DFA has greater than 1,000,000 members nationwide, together with many in Arkansas and others who’re supporting its efforts in Arkansas.

Final week’s ballot from Speak Enterprise & Politics and Hendrix School affirmed that Jones is the frontrunner to clinch the get together’s nomination for governor, garnering 60% of the vote, with no different contender cracking 5%. Jones has campaigned in all 75 counties, launched tv and radio advert buys, has garnered endorsements from each grassroots volunteers and the leaders of the Democratic caucuses within the Arkansas Home and Senate, and raised greater than $1.5 million. 

The Jones marketing campaign launched in his hometown of Pine Bluff and has opened a marketing campaign workplace there, in addition to within the rural neighborhood of Hughes, and in Little Rock. Jones is operating to deliver Preschool, Broadband, and Jobs to each a part of Arkansas, leaving no neighborhood behind. In latest weeks, Jones has launched three advert spots, together with “Nice Minds,” “Each Final Road” and “Skywalker.”

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ABOUT DR. CHRIS JONES 

Dr. Chris Jones grew up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. A son of two preachers, Chris was raised with a powerful sense of religion. He attended Morehouse School on a NASA Scholarship for physics and math, then went on to check at MIT turning into a nuclear engineer and incomes a Ph.D. in city planning. After turning into ordained as a minister, Chris returned house to Arkansas and led the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub. Via this work, he has seen firsthand how disparities inside Arkansas have gotten worse, not higher. He believes there’s a lot room for development, together with enhancing public schooling alternatives in each neighborhood, strengthening infrastructure from roads to broadband entry, defending and securing our proper to vote, and bridging the agricultural and concrete divide. Chris has religion in Arkansas’s potential, and he’s operating for governor to make sure each particular person in Arkansas has a possibility to succeed.