Senate Hopefuls Believe Black Arkansans Hold Key to Vote

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WEST MEMPHIS - African-American voters couldn't help the man who became the first black president win Arkansas in 2008.

But the Democratic candidates for the Senate here - incumbent Blanche Lincoln and Lt. Gov. Bill Halter - believe black voters could decide their race, and both are waging an unusually intense campaign in the black community in the final days before the election.

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Senate Hopefuls Believe Black Arkansans Hold Key to Vote

Scores of union workers supporting Halter are going door to door in predominantly black cities in east Arkansas trying to sway any undecided voters remaining.

Meanwhile, Lincoln and her allies ar...

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