Tim Hutchinson
In 1992, he ran for the Republican nomination in Arkansas's 3rd congressional district after the popular 26-year incumbent John Paul Hammerschmidt announced his retirement.Clinton narrowly carried the 3rd in his successful run for president, a presumed factor in the closeness of the 1992 congressional race.When Democratic Governor Jim Guy Tucker resigned after being convicted of mail fraud, however, Huckabee assumed the governorship and dropped out of the Senate race;[4] Hutchinson entered soon after and captured the Republican nomination.Even though native son Bill Clinton carried the state by a 17-point margin over Bob Dole in the presidential race,[5] Hutchinson defeated Bryant 53–47% in the Senate election, largely by running up the votes in his congressional district.Senator, Hutchinson had divorced his wife of almost three decades, Donna, a former Arkansas state representative, and married an aide in 2000.Hutchinson denied any impropriety, and Pryor refused to make the matter an issue in the campaign, but the well-publicized divorce substantially hurt his popularity.Tim and Asa Hutchinson are the brothers-in-law of Arkansas State Senator Kim Hendren, who married their sister, Marylea, in 1958.