Tom Cotton, Arkansas Senate Candidate, Excites Republicans

GOP 'Star' Called The 'Last, Best Hope'
FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2013 file photo, Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. announces his candidacy for the U.S. Senate, in Dardanelle, Ark. Republicans are counting on some Southern comfort to lift them into the Senate majority next year. The fate of Democratic incumbents in GOP-trending Arkansas, Louisiana and North Carolina; the ability of the 71-year-old GOP leader to hold his Kentucky seat and the eventual outcome in a divisive Georgia primary will help decide whether Republicans gain the six seats necessary to grab control for the final two years of the Obama presidency. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2013 file photo, Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. announces his candidacy for the U.S. Senate, in Dardanelle, Ark. Republicans are counting on some Southern comfort to lift them into the Senate majority next year. The fate of Democratic incumbents in GOP-trending Arkansas, Louisiana and North Carolina; the ability of the 71-year-old GOP leader to hold his Kentucky seat and the eventual outcome in a divisive Georgia primary will help decide whether Republicans gain the six seats necessary to grab control for the final two years of the Obama presidency. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

In their quest to retake the U.S. Senate—or at least gain ground and jam a thumb in Harry Reid’s eye—Republicans found reason to rejoice this week when Rep. Tom Cotton of Arkansas’s Fourth District officially announced his candidacy to unseat Democrat Mark Pryor.

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