Arkansas House Election

NAACP Official Accuses Arkansas Candidate of Using 'Racism Term'

Arkansas congressional hopeful Robbie Wills is white. His opponent, Joyce Elliott, is black. This week, Wills called Elliott "unelectable," triggering a strong reaction from the president of the Arkansas NAACP. "The 'unelectable' is a racism term," said Dale Charles. In Arkansas -- which has never elected a black person to Congress -- "unelectable'" is code, another way of saying that a black person cannot win office in the state, so don't waste your vote, Charles said. Wills denies the charge, saying it's Elliott's liberal values, not her skin color, that make her unelectable. The two ...

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