Arkansas Delegation Coping with Death of Leader

By: - August 26, 2008 12:00 am

DENVER – The trip to Denver has been bittersweet for Arkansas’ Democratic delegates. They just buried their party chairman, Bill Gwatney , last week. He was fatally shot Aug. 13 .

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Stephen Fehr

Stephen Fehr is a senior officer with Pew’s government performance portfolio. He is a lead writer on many of the products generated by the portfolio, specializing in state and local fiscal health.

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