Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. of Pine Bluff, a Libertarian who lost his bid for the U.S. Senate in November, said he is running for governor in 2022 and helping the party gather signatures of registered Arkansas voters in an attempt to qualify the party for the ballot.
Libertarian Party of Arkansas Chairman Michael Pakko of Little Rock and Harrington said the party started working to collect the required 10,000 signatures on April 1. They said the party aims to collect at least that many signatures to submit to the secretary of state's office by the end of June.
Thus far, Pakko said Friday, Libertarians have collected roughly 3,000 signatures and that Harrington's name recognition helps the effort.
Harrington's loss to Republican U.S. Sen.
