Arkansas is home. I grew up in pine bluff and texarkana. I'm a proud graduate of Little Rock, Central High and Washington baptist University. My husband brian and I started our marriage here. And this is where we chose to raise our family. Arkansas is the land of opportunity where sam Walton grew a little five and dime store into the most successful business on the face of the earth. It's where daisy bates in the little Rock Nine struck a blow against racism and blazed a trail for civil rights. Arkansas is God's country, the Natural State. You haven't lived until you float the clear, free flowing waters of the Buffalo River through the Ozark Mountains or watch the sunrise on a duck hunt and flooded green timber. I love my state and care about our people. As governor. I will defend our freedom and champion good schools, higher paying jobs and a better life for all.