By 1996, after two terms, she decided not to seek reelection upon learning that she was pregnant with the twins. She supports abortion rights, voted to ban the domestic production of assault weapons but opposes the Brady law, and does not support school vouchers. Lincoln has deep support in and around her former district in rural eastern Arkansas and reminds voters that Tim Hutchison and Boozman are both from northwest Arkansas. If my opponent were to win, you would have half the Arkansas congressional delegation from the same home town. Lincoln is really entrenched with a great deal of appeal to what I call the bubba vote.
Money is another factor.
Neither candidate has an enormous amount of cash on hand at this point. Boozman is in the difficult position of having to demonstrate that he can win in order to raise the money he needs to win. Steven Law, executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said a decision will be made in September on how much money the committee will spend on the Arkansas race.