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Arkansas would again make headlines after the [[Supreme Court]] case [[Brown v. Topeka Board of Education]] in 1957. Then Governor Oval Faubus sent the Arkansas National Guard to prevent [[African American]]s from entering Little Rock's Central High School. [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|President Eisenhower]] sent troops to help escort the students into the school.
Arkansas would again make headlines after the [[Supreme Court]] case [[Brown v. Topeka Board of Education]] in 1957. Then Governor Oval Faubus sent the Arkansas National Guard to prevent [[African American]]s from entering Little Rock's Central High School. [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|President Eisenhower]] sent troops to help escort the students into the school.
==Politics of Arkansas==
Arkansas typically votes [[Republican]] in presidential elections; [[George W. Bush]] won the state 51%-46% in 2000, 54%-45% in 2004 and [[John McCain]] 59%-39% in 2008. <ref>http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html</ref> However, [[Democrat]]s dominate local government. They hold a supermajority in the state legislature and every statewide office in the state.
==Economy==
==Economy==
*Governor [[Mike Beebe]] (D)
*Governor [[Mike Beebe]] (D)
*Lt. Governor [[Bill Halter]] (D)
*Lt. Governor [[Bill Halter]] (D)
*Attorney General [[Dustin McDaniel]] (D)
*Secretary of State Charlie Daniels (D)
==List of Governors==
==List of Governors==
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