Bill Clinton to barnstorm Arkansas

Former President Bill Clinton will spend two days barnstorming across his home state of Arkansas to help boost Democratic get-out-the-vote efforts, the state party announced Monday morning.

{mosads}Clinton will attend four events during the Oct. 6-7 trip, including three rallies on college campuses. 

The former president has deep ties with a number of Democrats running statewide this year and has already helped many of them with fundraising.

Former Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), Democrats’ gubernatorial nominee, began his political career in the 1980s as Clinton’s driver, while former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director James Lee Witt, who is running for Congress, has been a friend of Clinton’s for decades.

The former president has also fundraised for Sen. Mark Pryor’s (D-Ark.) reelection efforts.

Democrats are fighting hard to retain some seats in a state that’s been trending hard toward the GOP in recent years. Polls show they’re still in the fight in a number of races, but Republicans likely have the edge.

Clinton has also agreed to do several more events in the state in late October focused on getting out the Democratic vote, an Arkansas Democrat familiar with the plans tells The Hill.