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Pollard said that he was grateful for each gain made by the Arkansas Republican Party but that there had been little success in many election cycles. "We didn't broaden the party as much as needed. We should have contested more county offices," he said. He noted that his own White County, once fully-Democratic, had become receptive to Republican candidates.<ref name=statement/>
Pollard said that he was grateful for each gain made by the Arkansas Republican Party but that there had been little success in many election cycles. "We didn't broaden the party as much as needed. We should have contested more county offices," he said. He noted that his own White County, once fully-Democratic, had become receptive to Republican candidates.<ref name=statement/>
==Law partner of Edwin Bethune==
Pollard is a former law partner of former U.S. Representative Edwin Ruthvin Bethune, Jr., of Arkansas' 2nd congressional district]], who left the firm in 1972 to wage an unsuccessful bid for state attorney general against Jim Guy Tucker, subsequently the state's Democratic governor from 1993 to 1996. In 1978, Bethune won the Little Rock-based congressional seat. Pollard was Bethune’s finance chairman.<ref name=statement/> Bethune left the House in 1984 to wage a losing bid for U. S. Senator against incumbent Democrat David Pryor, whose son, [[Mark Pryor]], held the same seat from 2003 to 2015.
Pollard is a former law partner of former U.S. Representative Edwin Ruthvin Bethune, Jr., of Arkansas' 2nd congressional district]], who left the firm in 1972 to wage an unsuccessful bid for state attorney general against Jim Guy Tucker, subsequently the state's Democratic governor from 1993 to 1996. In 1978, Bethune won the Little Rock-based congressional seat. Pollard was Bethune’s finance chairman.<ref name=statement/> Bethune left the House in 1984 to wage a losing bid for U. S. Senator against incumbent Democrat David Pryor, whose son, [[Mark Pryor]], held the same seat from 2003 to 2015.
==Later life==
==Later political activities==
In 2008, Pollard contributed to the Arkansas Republican Party and former Governor [[Mike Huckabee]]'s unsuccessful bid for the Republican presidential nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=Pollard&fname=Odell|title=Odell Pollard Campaign Contributions|publisher=fundrace.huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=December 30, 2009}}</ref>
In 2008, Pollard contributed to the Arkansas Republican Party and former Governor [[Mike Huckabee]]'s unsuccessful bid for the Republican presidential nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=Pollard&fname=Odell|title=Odell Pollard Campaign Contributions|publisher=fundrace.huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=December 30, 2009}}</ref>