Next up (AR-4): will Cotton win now or on June 12?
Speaking of AR-04, it turns out that
one of the people vying to lose to Cotton in November is my half-third-cousin-once-removed. That is, my great-great-great-grandfather is his great-great-grandfather, but we are descended from him through different women (as my ggg-grandmother died and our mutual ancestor remarried).
In any case, here's a map of the results, because why the heck not:
Gene Jeffress is in red; my cousin Q. Byrum Hurst is in blue; and DC Morrison is in green. Jeffress's strongest area of support is in what is presumably his State Senate district. Hurst is strongest around where he grew up (and where our mutual ancestor settled), Hot Springs in Garland County. His dad was apparently a State Senator in the area, and was
sort of a big deal (or, at least, was WikiNotable).
The race is essentially all but over, as Jeffress has
wrapped up the support of DC Morrison, while Hurst seems to be suffering from some
financial mismanagement. Still exciting to learn about, though! Not very many of my distant cousins have been notable enough to deserve Wikipedia articles.
