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...incompetent, also know that if you replace him, your district goes to the back of the line for committee assignments and local spending projects. So you vote for the guy--again.
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The seniority system left Arkansans little choice but to return their legislators to office year after year, decade after decade. The Arkansas Legislature remained firmly ensconced in the hands of powerful few who governed uncreatively...
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