Asa Hutchinson is launching his bid for president in the northwest Arkansas city where he was born and got his start in politics.
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks during an interview in his office Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Rogers, Ark.. this week, he'll do so at a familiar location: the downtown square in the northwest Arkansas city where he was born, practiced law and first ran for office.
Hutchinson's campaign event on Wednesday gives the former two-term governor and increasingly outspoken critic of Donald Trump a chance to introduce himself on a national stage as he makes an uphill bid for the GOP nomination. But the venue also highlights Hutchinson's portrayal of himself as a business-friendly conservative in the backyard of his state's most well-known employer. It comes at the same time potential rival Florida Gov.
Hutchinson said fellow lawyers advised him he had no political future in the state if he remained a Republican. The town has become a major tourist destination since Walton's daughter, Alice, founded the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in 2011. Crystal Bridges' collection features famous works of art such as Norman Rockwell's “Rosie the Riveter” painting and includes a Frank Lloyd Wright house that was moved to the museum's grounds in 2015.
But Hutchinson remains an unknown to some who have recently moved to the region. That includes Gerald Hatley, a retiree who moved to neighboring Bella Vista from Texas in 2019, who was in Bentonville with his painting club one day last week. Hatley said he wasn't familiar with Hutchinson and said he's open to supporting anyone he thought would have the best chance at unseating President Joe Biden.
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