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===Career===
===Career===
Pollan's political involvement began as a volunteer in the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] campaigns of [[Moderate Republican]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]]. In 1970, she ran Rockefeller's unsuccessful reelection campaign in Fort Smith against the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Dale Bumpers]].<ref name=pollanencyc>Pollan, Carolyn - Encyclopedia of Arkansas.</ref> In 1972, she supported the unsuccessful challenge to Bumpers waged by Rockefeller's preferred candidate, [[Len Blaylock]], whom she described as "a prince of a man."
Pollan's political involvement began as a volunteer in the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] campaigns of [[Moderate Republican]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]]. In 1970, she ran Rockefeller's unsuccessful reelection campaign in Fort Smith against the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Dale Bumpers]].<ref name=pollanencyc>Pollan, Carolyn - Encyclopedia of Arkansas.</ref> In 1972, she supported the unsuccessful challenge to Bumpers waged by Rockefeller's preferred candidate, [[Len Blaylock]], whom she described as "a prince of a man."<ref name=interview2/>
Pollan was elected in 1974 from a multi-seat legislative district that encompassed Sebastian County. The district was eventually divided into single-member seats. She is particularly remembered, through her chairmanship of the House Children and Youth Committee, as the author of the law which empowers the Arkansas state police to investigate allegations of [[child abuse]]. During her time in the Arkansas House of Representatives, she sponsored or co-sponsored more than 250 pieces of legislation that became law.
Pollan was elected in 1974 from a multi-seat legislative district that encompassed Sebastian County. The district was eventually divided into single-member seats. She is particularly remembered, through her chairmanship of the House Children and Youth Committee, as the author of the law which empowers the Arkansas state police to investigate allegations of [[child abuse]]. During her time in the Arkansas House of Representatives, she sponsored or co-sponsored more than 250 pieces of legislation that became law.