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Arkansas Sen. Gilbert Baker, who entered the insanely crowded GOP primary for U.S. Senate just a few weeks ago, announces today he raised some $500,000 in the third quarter—a commanding performance that establishes Baker as the front-runner on the GOP side. Baker’s full statement is at the jump.
While we’re on the 2010 Senate race, why not watch this good discussion of said campaign between Talk Business impresario Roby Brock and Blake’s Think Tank mastermind Blake Rutherford?:
Two more updates in our running lists of 2010 campaigns:
Former state Rep. Ken Cowling, a Democrat, is announcing he’ll run for the District 21 Senate seat in southwest Arkansas, which is being vacated by term-limited Democratic Sen. Barbara Horn. House Majority Leader Steve Harrelson is also running for the seat.
Meanwhile, Paul White of Mountain View, a Republican, has announced he’ll run for the District 10 seat currently held by Democratic Sen. Paul Miller, who is term-limited. A couple of Democrats have also expressed interest in the seat.
Full text of both announcements is at the jump. For more on 2010 Arkansas races, click here.
We haven’t done a “Stuff From Around Arkansas” post in a while. So let’s do one of those, eh, and round up a few 
things that have been floating around out there the last few days. And incidentally push those horrible Senate candidate photos down the page. Oh, yeah, that’s the stuff.
Big Money: OCD blogger Jason Tolbert has early look at Q3 fundraising numbers for several GOP candidates, including Tim Griffin, Gilbert Baker and Tom Cox. (The Tolbert Report)
Holt On: Former state Sen. Jim Holt may join the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, because, y’know, what’s one more? (AP)
Lincoln Watch: Is this the headline you really want to see if you’re an incumbent Democratic senator in a red state with weak poll numbers? (Politico)
Sales Force: I’ll confess, lottery ticket sale totals are outperforming my expectations. But you’re wondering: Will it last? I don’t know, why the hell are you asking me, I just admitted that I got it wrong the first time, jesus. (AP)
Ancient Chinese Secret: House Speaker Robbie “Robert” Wills takes off on a top secret junket to China. The mission: Negotiate the construction of an underground tunnel from Beijing to the Arkansas Capitol. (Arkansas Times)
