Rep. Mike Ross

Democrat  •  4th District, Arkansas  •  6th Term  •  Sworn In 2001
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06/01/12
House rejects bill penalizing doctors for sex selective abortions

...Garamendi (Calif.), Tim Holden (Pa.), Larry Kissell (N.C.), Daniel Lipinski (Ill.), Stephen Lynch (Mass.), Jim Matheson (Utah), Mike McIntyre (N.C.), Collin Peterson (Minn.), Nick Rahall (W.Va.), Silvestre Reyes (Texas), Mike Ross (Ark.) and Heath Shule

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06/01/12
House Democrats Vote to Support Gender-Based Abortions

...(Calif.), Tim Holden (Pa.), Larry Kissell (N.C.), Daniel Lipinski (Ill.), Stephen Lynch (Mass.), Jim Matheson (Utah), Mike McIntyre (N.C.), Collin Peterson (Minn.), Nick Rahall (W.Va.), Silvestre Reyes (Texas), Mike Ross (Ark.) and Heath Shuler (N.C.).

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05/31/12
. . . Of outrageous fortune

...downers. McDaniel will be the next governor. He was going to be the next governor even before Mike Ross quit, which is why Mike Ross quit. Tom Cotton—He has a good name, a great resume and a positive reputation among national conservatives. If 2nd Dis

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05/30/12
He'll be missed

...disturbing to recognize that Mike Ross is now the best Arkansas has in the U.S. House of Representatives. It's devastating to ponder his impending replacement by somebody worse. A Blue Dog (that is, part-time) Democrat, Ross is stepping down at the end

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05/29/12
COMMENTARY: Ross Ready To Leave Politics

...the day before the primary election, and Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., soon to be just plain Mike Ross, has spent the day doing what he wouldn’t have had time to do were he remaining in politics: hauling a load of his son’s stuff from Prescott to Fayettev

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05/27/12
Analysis: Primaries offer hint of what's to come

... Congressman Rick Crawford and the GOP is confident it can claim a seat now held by outgoing Democratic incumbent Rep. Mike Ross. Republicans were gleeful in pointing out that a Tennessee lawyer managed to pull nearly 42 percent of the primary vote ...

Source: MySanAntonio
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05/25/12
GOP's Anti-Tax Pledge Loses Some Steam (Washn)

Richard Lugar in a Republican primary. This week, an ATR-backed candidate in Arkansas won a Republican primary to run in a seat held by retiring Democrat Rep. Mike Ross, after ATR called voters to let them know his opponent had not signed the pledge.

Source: Oregonian
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05/25/12
A talk with soon-to-be citizen Ross

It’s the day before the primary election, and Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., soon to be just plain Mike Ross, has spent the day doing what he wouldn’t have had time to do were he remaining in politics: hauling a load of his son’s stuff from ...

Source: Arkansas News Bureau
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05/24/12
All Incumbents Aren't Alike

...than willing to continue nominating fresh, reformist faces for the general election. In southern Kentucky, where Democratic Rep. Mike Ross (one of the last of the Blue Dogs) is retiring, GOP voters gave the nod to Tom Cotton, an Army veteran. Mr. Cotton

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05/23/12
DC Morrison backs former rival Gene Jeffress in Dem runoff for south Arkansas US House seat

Morrison, a Little Rock businessman, announced his bid after Democratic Congressman Mike Ross announced he would not seek a seventh term. Morrison ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate two years ago and has been a ..

Source: KYTV
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05/23/12
Morrison backs Jeffress in south Ark. House race

Morrison, a Little Rock businessman, announced his bid after Democratic Congressman Mike Ross announced he would not seek a seventh term. Morrison ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate two years ago and ...

Source: RealClearPolitics
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05/23/12
DC Morrison backs former rival Gene Jeffress in Dem runoff for south Arkansas US House seat

Morrison, a Little Rock businessman, announced his bid after Democratic Congressman Mike Ross announced he would not seek a seventh term. Morrison ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate two years ago and has been a ..

Source: KSPR.com
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05/23/12
Wednesday's campaign round-up

Rep. Mike Ross (D) has scrapped plans for a gubernatorial campaign. * And in Vermont, a new statewide poll shows incumbent Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) with a 33-point lead over his Republican challenger, Randy Brock, 60% to 27%.

Source: MaddowBlog
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05/23/12
Club For Growth Favorite Tom Cotton Wins Arkansas House Primary

Rankin, a onetime Miss Arkansas, was the GOP standard-bearer in the 2010 race against Rep. Mike Ross (D), who is retiring this year. Although Rankin has the support of Huckabee in her repeat run this year, she hasn't been able to raise the money ...

Source: Huffington Post
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05/23/12
Club For Growth Favorite Tom Cotton Wins Arkansas House Primary

Rankin, a onetime Miss Arkansas, was the GOP standard-bearer in the 2010 race against Rep. Mike Ross (D), who is retiring this year. Although Rankin has the support of Huckabee in her repeat run this year, she hasn't been able to raise the money ...

Source: Huffington Post
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05/23/12
House incumbents win in Kentucky, Arkansas

The 63-year-old Davis is departing the House after four terms. In the GOP primary contest for the seat of retiring Democratic Rep. Mike Ross in Arkansas, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan prevailed. Tom Cotton notched a win over Beth Anne ...

Source: Politico.com
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05/23/12
Congressional races top slim Arkansas primary results

LITTLE ROCK — Voters in southern Arkansas on Tuesday chose between better-funded establishment picks and underfunded candidates in the race to replace retiring Congressman Mike Ross, while a trio of Democrats bid for a chance to challenge a ...

Source: Baxter Bulletin
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05/23/12
Analysis: Cotton avoids anti-establishment tide that hits other candidates in Arkansas primary

That support was needed in a district where Rankin — who lost to two years ago to Democratic Congressman Mike Ross — could tout that she was a Republican in south Arkansas before being a Republican there was cool. Ross is retiring when his term ends.

Source: Republic
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05/23/12
Cotton wins GOP primary for Congress; Dems runoff

The district is Arkansas' only Democratically controlled U.S. House seat. Congressman Mike Ross announced last year he wouldn't seek a seventh term. The race for the seat is wide open this fall. Republicans say they have a strong chance of winning the 33 .

Source: Syracuse Post-Standard
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05/23/12
Army vet wins GOP nod for Congress in Arkansas

Retiring Democratic Congressman Mike Ross' departure after 12 years representing south Arkansas' 4th District drew a crowd of candidates from both parties seeking the incumbent Democrat's seat. Tom Cotton, an Army veteran and management consultant ...

Source: Syracuse Post-Standard
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05/23/12
Romney wins Kentucky primary, leads in Arkansas

Arkansas Representative Mike Ross, a leader in the "Blue Dog" coalition of conservative and moderate Democrats, announced last year that he would not seek re-election after six terms. Republican candidate Tom Cotton, who served as an infantry ...

Source: msnbc.com
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05/23/12
Cotton wins GOP nod for south Ark. US House seat

Mike Huckabee's administration. She was the party's 4th District nominee in 2010. The district is Arkansas' only U.S. House seat occupied by a Democrat. Congressman Mike Ross announced last year he wouldn't seek a seventh term.

Source: WMC-TV
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05/23/12
Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group: Super PACs spent almost $1 million in Tuesday's primaries

...her former boss, ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Cotton is hoping to pick up the seat currently held by retiring Democratic Rep. Mike Ross for the GOP. The Site may contain links to Internet sites that are not operated by Sunlight Foundation. These link

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05/23/12
Cotton Wins GOP Nomination in Arkansas's 4th District; Dems Headed for Runoff

...started out with a built-in edge over her principal opponent thanks to her efforts last cycle against retiring Democratic Rep. Mike Ross. But Cotton was endorsed by the Club for Growth and, backed by the group's donor network, eventually raised over $1

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05/23/12
Wednesday's campaign round-up

...district, strident tea partier Thomas Massie won the Republican primary last night, easily defeating state Rep. Alecia Webb-Edgington. * In Arkansas, which also held primaries yesterday, Rep. Mike Ross (D) has scrapped plans for a gubernatorial campaign

Source: MSNBC Blogs
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05/23/12
House incumbents win primaries

...Davis is departing the House after four terms. In the GOP primary contest for the seat of retiring Democratic Rep. Mike Ross in Arkansas, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan prevailed. Tom Cotton notched a win over Beth Anne Rankin, a 2010 congressional

Source: The Politico
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05/22/12
Polls show lack of hot races secretary of state predicts slim turnout of voters

The huge district stretches from Lafayette to Washington counties and encompasses approximately half of the state. Congressman Mike Ross, D-Ar., will vacate the seat in January after serving six terms in the U. S. House of Representatives, and the race to

Source: Hope Star
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05/22/12
Club for Growth favorite leads in Arkansas

Rankin, who lost to Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) by 18 points in the Republican-leaning district despite 2010’s Republican wave, has long touted her ties to Huckabee and describes herself as a “Huckabee adviser” in campaign ads. 

Source: Thehill.com
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05/22/12
US House races tight in Arkansas primary election

Retiring Democratic Congressman Mike Ross' departure after 12 years representing south Arkansas' 4th District drew a crowd of candidates from both parties seeking the incumbent Democrat's seat. The Republican race pits Tom Cotton, an Army veteran and ...

Source: Helena Daily World
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05/22/12
Political outsiders take GOP nominations in Arkansas, Kentucky House primaries

Political newcomer Cotton had the backing of the Club for Growth and many tea party groups in the 4th District, which Democratic Rep. Mike Ross is relinquishing. Cotton seems a shoo-in to put it in the GOP column this fall. In Kentucky-4, Lewis County ...

Source: Human Events (blog)
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Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-3772
Fax: 202-225-1314

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