Brad Simon Wins GOP Primary Runoff for Senate District 26 Special Election, Set to Face Adam Watson in March

Brad Simon wins GOP primary runoff for Senate District 26 special election, set to face Adam Watson in March

A Republican candidate is set for March’s special election for the vacant Arkansas Senate District 26 seat.

Simon defeats Dunn in Republican runoff in Senate district shaped by Franklin County prison controversy

In the end, it wasn’t particularly close: Businessman Brad Simon of Paris handily defeated retired businessman Wade Dunn of Greenwood with just over 65% of the nearly 5,600 votes cast.

Brad Simon wins special GOP runoff election for Arkansas Senate District 26

He will face independent challenge Adam Watson in the March 3 special election.

Simon wins Republican nomination for Arkansas Senate district at center of prison project debate

From the Arkansas Advocate:A business owner from Paris won the Republican nomination Tuesday for a vacant Arkansas state Senate seat that represents the site of a controversial 3,000-bed prison project. Brad Simon defeated Wade Dunn in the special GOP primary runoff for state Senate District 26. He’ll face independent candidate Adam Watson in March 3’s special general election in the heavily Republican district that encompasses parts of Franklin…

Simon beats Dunn for Republican nomination for Arkansas Senate District 26 seat | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Businessman Brad Simon of Paris handily defeated retired businessman Wade Dunn of Greenwood to win the Republican nomination for the vacant state Senate seat in the River Valley in Tuesday’s special runoff election.

Two Republicans face off in runoff for party's nomination for Arkansas state Senate seat

Wade Dunn and Brad Simon are facing off in the special Republican primary election for Senate District 26. (Photos courtesy of the Arkansas Secretary of State)A Paris business owner who opposes a 3,000-bed prison project was leading in Tuesday’s Republican special primary runoff election for an Arkansas state Senate seat that represents the planned prison site. Results were too early to call Tuesday night in the Republican runoff election betwee…