Dickey's office said he had no comment. Graham, a former consumer affairs reporter for KATV-Channel 7 in Little Rock, has touted his name recognition when explaining why he thinks he'll make the runoff. Coker noted that much of the southern Arkansas district doesn't watch Little Rock stations. Some are tuned in to news from Shreveport or Monroe, La. Others don't watch TV news at all. He wasn't an anchor.
Anchors tend to be remembered more than assignment reporters.
Graham wasn't satisfied with the number of people Mason-Dixon called. He noted that the number called represented less than 1 percent of the voters in the 4th District. According to the secretary of state's office, there are 350,587 voters in the district. Coker said he's confident that his company called enough people for a valid sample. Harris, former chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Marion Berry, D-Gillett, posted the lowest name recognition of the four candidates in the Democratic primary opponents, with only 35 percent, but he also had the least unfavorable number with 4 percent.