This really stinks!
by Hunter Field, John Moritz
Josh Mahony, the only Democrat who filed to challenge U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. in 2020, announced on Twitter that he was dropping out the race just two hours after the filing period ended in Arkansas.
Mahony, a Fayetteville Democrat, cited “a family health concern” as the reason for exiting the race, saying he’d no longer be able to devote the necessary time and energy to the campaign.
The timing seems rather fishy. But I am speculating.
I don’t know how things are done in Arkansas, but in my state there’s always an assortment of candidates running against out popular Democratic incumbent in the Democratic Primaries.