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Two-Way: Healthcare Vote Spurs Democrat Joshua Mahony's Bid To Unseat U.S. Rep. Womack

Arkansas Democrats weren’t even able to muster a full slate of challengers for Arkansas’s four U.S. House seats last election but in northwest Arkansas, four-term Republican Congressman Steve Womack now has a race on his hands. Joshua Mahony, the 36-year old head of the Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund, is running as a Democrat for the 3 rd District seat. He spoke with KUAR’s Jacob Kauffman about his bid for Congress.

Mahony discusses how Womack's vote to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act spurred on his announcement; what should be done with federal healthcare laws; immigration; and what he'll need to do to get Trump voters to cast ballots for him.

Rep. Womack's office has no comment on Mahony's bid for the U.S. House.

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Jacob Kauffman is a reporter and anchor for KUAR. He primarily covers the state legislature and politics beat while juggling anchoring Morning Edition Monday through Friday.