4 candidates seek to fill Arkansas state Senate seat vacancy

Four Arkansans filed by Thursday’s deadline to run in the Jan. 5 special election to fill the Senate District 18 vacancy, according to the secretary of state’s office. Independent candidates Steven McClelland and Trevor McGarragh, Democrat Camille Feyen and Republican Will Moore are seeking to replace Republican Jonathan Dismang, who resigned from the Senate earlier this month to take a job at Arkansas Electric Cooperatives. Moore, Searcy’s city attorney, has been en