When is mark pryor up for reelection

Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies. Pryor voted with the Democratic Party for the bill.

Pryor voted for H. The bill passed the Senate on January 31, , with a vote of 64 - The purpose of the bill was to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling and withhold the pay of members of Congress until a budget could be passed. The vote largely followed party lines with Democrats overwhelmingly supporting it and many Republicans in opposition to the bill. The amendment was rejected by the Senate on June 18, , with a vote of 39 - The purpose of the amendment was to require the completion of miles of fence described in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of before registered provisional immigrant status may be granted.

It would also require miles of fence be completed before the status of registered provisional immigrants may be changed to permanent resident status.

The vote followed party lines. Pryor voted for S. The bill was passed by the Senate on February 12, , with a vote of 78 - The purpose of the bill was to combat violence against women, from domestic violence to international trafficking in persons. All 22 dissenting votes were cast by Republicans. On April 17, , the U. Senate took a vote on and defeated a measure that would have expanded federal background checks for firearms purchases. The group is running ads in Alaska, Arkansas and North Dakota, three of the states with Democratic senators who voted against the bill on expanded background checks for gun sales.

Pryor voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in and while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. The bill was passed in the Senate by an 89 - 8 vote on January 1, Pryor responded to U.

I think that if it's going to go that direction the president should confer with congress. We need to have clearly defined goals. Pryor released an ad in December about his religious beliefs. The Bible teaches us no one has all the answers: only God does. And neither political party is always right.

Pryor does not support same-sex marriage. Pryor was one of four Democratic Senators who had not voiced support for same-sex marriage, as of April Pryor most recently stated that he was in the "undecided category.

He was defeated by Tom Cotton R in the general election on November 4, The FiscalTimes compiled a list of the seven most vulnerable Senate seats up for election in Going into the election, all seven seats were held by Democrats. He defeated Rebekah Kennedy G in the general election. He defeated Tim Hutchinson R in the general election. The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties.

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For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law. Candidates for Congress were required to file reports with the Federal Election Commission during the elections season. Following in the footsteps of his father, David Pryor , he served two terms in the U. Senate as a Democrat before he was defeated for reelection in With his father serving first as a member of the U.

House of Representatives—followed by service as governor and U. He continued his studies at the University of Arkansas School of Law , receiving his law degree in Following his admission to the bar, Pryor worked in private practice for ten years. He was elected to the state legislature in , serving in the Arkansas House of Representatives from to In , garnering almost sixty percent of the vote, he defeated Republican Betty Dickey to become Arkansas state attorney general , a post he held from to Running for U.

Senate as the Democratic nominee in , Pryor won just under fifty-four percent of the vote to defeat the incumbent senator Tim Hutchinson. He then began the first of two terms in the U. Senate, assuming the same seat his father had held. Pryor was reelected in without Republican opposition, winning almost eighty percent of the vote against Green Party candidate Rebekah Kennedy.

In the Senate, he served on the Appropriations Committee and was chair of the Subcommittee on Agricultural Appropriations. Available On Air Stations. All Streams. Twitter LinkedIn Email. Pryor is the only Democrat in the state's congressional delegation. Associated Press. Mark Pryor, former U. Senator and Arkansas Attorney General, has a new role at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, a prestigious law firm that lobbies and provides other legal services across the U.

Pryor will join Brownstein as a shareholder in the government relations department in its Washington, D. Pryor represented Arkansas as a Democratic U. Tell me a little bit about this. Mark Pryor: Thank you very much, Roby. Yes, Brownstein is the best policy shop in Washington, D. I look forward to really getting plugged in there with the state attorney general practice, working on congressional investigations and doing a lot of other things there with the firm. First of all, just your general observations.

Are you surprised that it is as close as it is with all of these states, just at the tipping point going one way or the other for either Joe Biden or President Trump?