Democratic Party of Crawford County

09/03/2026

Cracks are forming, and even Republicans can see Trump is hurting everyone!

Quoting Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Martin wrote that Cramer said about Trump that “he’s in serious trouble in farm country. He being Trump — and Trump is us. I’m not very optimistic.” Martin added that Trump's policies have harmed farm state Republicans by raising their prices through tariffs, making diesel and fertilizer more expensive through the Iran war and importing foreign beef at the expense of domestic cattle ranchers.

President Donald Trump appears to be losing support throughout much of his base, from three-time Trump voters to citizens who hoped he would fix the ailing economy. Now a new report reveals that Democrats have a game plan for flipping traditionally red states like Iowa and Kansas away from the Repub...

09/02/2026

About an hour ago, the Van Buren Police Department made a statement about policy updates to Flock camera usage and also gave some transparency to its uses and sharing. Whether as a result of our statement or not, we appreciate the VBPD updating the public and we look forward to continuing the conversation about public safety and privacy. We also want to say thank you to our local police officers and sheriff deputies for their diligence in keeping our community safe.

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09/02/2026

A huge candidate event is less than 2 weeks away in Fort Smith and you are invited!!! This FREE event is from 1pm to 4pm at the Fort Smith Convention Center, don't miss your chance to meet and hear from local, state, and federal Democratic candidates for office!

09/01/2026

According to public records compiled by USA TODAY, the Van Buren Police Department conducted 14,054 Flock searches involving 3,292 unique license plates between November 2023 and June 2026. That should concern everyone. The population of Van Buren alone is just under 24,000. According to records, many of the unique license plates were searched hundreds of times each! Who are they looking for?

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09/01/2026

Day 6 of getting to know the candidate. This is Courtney King, a NWA resident of over two decades - an artist and therapist, she is running to represent you in the State House and break the Republican supermajority. She believes YOUR tax dollars should work for you: funding public schools not private, protecting Arkansas farmers, and making life more affordable. This November, no kings besides Courtney King.

08/31/2026

Day 5 of getting to know the candidate. This is Ryan Intchauspe, or Chief Chops for AR 24 as he's become known. He's running for State House District 24 to save us from having Charlene Fite in the driver's seat of our shaping policy in Arkansas. Chief Chops is a 24 year Navy Veteran who will bring experience to the office and focus on accountability in government and delivering for the working class.

08/30/2026

Day 4 of getting to know the candidate. Meet Kelly Grappe, a political newcomer who has three decades of business leadership and community activism. She doesn't care what your political affiliation is, she cares about the law and protecting everyone's rights - we are all equal under the law in Kelly's eyes. Kelly believes the Secretary of States job is to uphold the law, not use it for personal or political gain like the last several office holders have. If you want free and fair elections, vote Grappe this November!

08/29/2026

Day 3 of getting to know the candidate. Fred Love, who is neck and neck in polling with Huckabee-Sanders, has spent his life in public service at the Arkansas Food bank and the Director of Community Services in Pulaski County. Electing Fred will remove corruption at the highest level of Arkansas politics and end pandering to the wealthy!

08/29/2026

Admit it, a part of you believed it for 2 seconds and in that 2 seconds you weren't surprised.

08/28/2026

You'd think as much time as Trump spends on screens, he'd use Google at least once. Lake Ontario was actually named by Iroquois Indians who resided primarily in New York, 200 years before Canada was even a country!