by Steve Brawner (BRAWNERSTEVE@MAC.COM)

Marcus Jones, the retired U.S. Army colonel running as a Democrat to replace U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, said he would support veterans in Congress and announced he was creating a Veterans for Marcus group.

Jones made the announcement at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History March 28. He also announced that Pulaski County Clerk Terri Hollingsworth would be his first named campaign chair. The campaign plans to name others later.

Jones said there are 45,000 veterans in the 2nd District, which he said means there are more than 100,000 military-associated voters when their families are taken into account.

Congressional candidate Jones forming veterans group, names Hollingsworth first campaign chair

KUAR | By Josie Lenora

Many candidates running for office in 2024 completed their paperwork at the Arkansas State Capitol on Monday. That includes three Democratic candidates running against Republican incumbents for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives; Rodney Govens in District 1, Marcus Jones in District 2, and Caitlin Draper in District 3.

The three candidates were endorsed by VortexPAC, a federal hybrid PAC run by former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Jones. Standing on the steps of the State Capitol, Jones said he wanted to make Arkansas more of a “voting state” by giving citizens more reasons to get out and vote.

“It's time for a change,” he said. “It's time for us to bring average Arkansans who are rooted in Arkansas to the table, and give Arkansans an option for who to represent them in their congressional districts.”

Arkansas Democratic candidates file to run for Congress