There are no Democrats from Arkansas in Congress. Clarke Tucker hopes to change that. By Dan Merica,

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Little Rock, Arkansas (CNN) As Clarke Tucker drove through a city once dominated by Bill Clinton, he signaled he was ready to move on.

Not from Little Rock or the congressional campaign he was arduously waging against Republican Rep. French Hill, but from the Clintons all together.

"They are part of history, and it is great obviously," the Democratic candidate said of Bill and Hillary Clinton as he drove through a city where the moniker is omnipresent. "But at the same time, we are trying to progress and move forward as a state, and they are not an active part of that. So, people are kind of ready to move on."


Tucker, a 37-year old congressional candidate who national Democrats see as a rising star, may represent Arkansas Democrats' best chance to regain a foothold in a state they once commanded. The race could hinge on Tucker's attempts to court African American voters, a strategy that has been key to the Democratic Party's success in other races in the deep-red South.

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