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Clinton to attend fundraisers for Beebe, McDaniel Wednesday, Sep 6, 2006 Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - Former President Bill Clinton will be in Arkansas Thursday to attend fundraisers for the Democratic nominees for governor and attorney general. Clinton is among the hosts for a $100-a-plate fish and frog legs dinner to raise money for Beebe's campaign scheduled for Thursday afternoon at Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, then will appear at a $1,000-a-ticket "Arkansas All-Star Celebration Gala" on Beebe's behalf Thursday night at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. The gala will feature country music artists Joe Nichols and Jerry Jeff Walker. Earlier Thursday, the former president and governor of Arkansas is to attend a benefit for attorney general candidate Dustin McDaniel of Jonesboro at the Little Rock home of Bill Clark, a former Clinton appointee to the Arkansas Highway Commission. Clinton was governor of Arkansas for 12 years before being elected president in 1992. The McDaniel fundraiser is limited to 35 people, who will pay $2,000 each to attend, McDaniel spokeswoman Melissa Moody said Monday. McDaniel, a one-term state representative, faces Republican Gunner DeLay of Fort Smith, a former state senator, in the Nov. 7 general election. Beebe, the state attorney general and former state senator, faces Republican Asa Hutchinson, a former congressman and undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in the general election. Last week, President Bush headlined a fundraising luncheon for Hutchinson in Little Rock. The event, held at the home of former Arkansas Razorback and professional basketball player Joe Kleine, raised $400,000 for Hutchinson's campaign and $250,000 for the Republican Party of Arkansas. |
