Arkansas — 1st District

Terri Yarbrough Green

Supports raising minimum wage and anti-monopoly limits

Green advocates for economic policies aimed at supporting working families over corporations and wealthy donors. Her platform includes raising the minimum wage, placing limits on private equity, and curbing corporate monopolies.

• Advocates raising the minimum wage and tying it to inflation.
• Calls for breaking up corporate monopolies and imposing limits on private equity in housing.
• Focuses on building an economy where work pays and families do not live one crisis away from financial ruin.

“Raising the minimum wage so work actually pays.”

“Banning stock trading by officials and their families. Breaking up monopolies. Raising the minimum wage and tying it to inflation.”

Rick Crawford

Supports permanent federal spending controls

Crawford prioritizes addressing the national debt through permanent spending controls and tax cuts. He has consistently voted for budget reconciliation and debt limit legislation while signing a taxpayer protection pledge.

• Promotes permanent federal spending controls and lower taxes to combat the national debt.
• Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge with Americans for Tax Reform.
• Voted for budget resolutions and reconciliation measures including H.R. 1 and the Limit, Save, Grow Act.

“address our debt crisis by enacting permanent spending controls so we can finally put the shovel down and start to get out the hole we have dug for ourselves.”

Terri Yarbrough Green

Supports universal healthcare coverage

Green, a medical doctor, highlights universal healthcare as a central priority of her campaign. She advocates for accessible, affordable care to prevent medical debt and ensure rural women have access to local maternity care.

• Supports universal healthcare access for all citizens.
• Emphasizes rural healthcare availability so women do not have to travel long distances for maternity care.
• Seeks to ensure medical emergencies do not drive working families into bankruptcy.

“Accessible, affordable healthcare so getting sick does not mean going broke, and women don't have to travel hours for maternity care.”

Rick Crawford

Supports repealing and replacing Obamacare

Crawford supports repealing federal healthcare mandates under the Affordable Care Act and replacing them with market-oriented reforms. He aims to preserve elements of the healthcare system while addressing affordability and access.

• Supports repealing the Affordable Care Act.
• Advocates replacing existing federal healthcare legislation with reforms focused on consumer access and affordability.

“If I am elected, I will vote to repeal this law and replace it with reforms that will preserve the best parts of the American healthcare system while addressing the problems of access and affordability.”

Terri Yarbrough Green

Supports campaign finance reform and dark money bans

Green emphasizes eliminating dark money in politics, banning congressional stock trading, and restoring accountability to government. She views campaign finance reform as essential to ensuring government serves working families rather than wealthy donors.

• Pledges to ban dark money in political campaigns and reform campaign finance laws.
• Supports banning stock trading by elected officials and their immediate family members.
• Calls for equal application of the rule of law and restoring checks and balances in Congress.

“We have to get dark money out of politics. Period.”

“In Arkansas, we believe in the rule of law, the constitution, and that no one is above the law.”

Rick Crawford

Supports proof of citizenship voting requirements

Crawford supports tightening federal voting laws, including requiring proof of citizenship to register for federal elections. He also voted against certifying the 2020 presidential electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania.

• Voted for the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) requiring documentary proof of citizenship for federal election registration.
• Voted against certifying the 2020 presidential electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania.

Terri Yarbrough Green

Supports infrastructure investment and environmental utility standards

Green supports federal investment in public infrastructure, including roads, bridges, rural broadband, and public schools. She emphasizes utility development that balances community needs with environmental integrity.

• Supports building infrastructure including safe roads, bridges, and reliable broadband.
• Advocates for public infrastructure and utilities that maintain environmental integrity while serving local communities.

“Strong infrastructure, including safe roads and bridges, reliable broadband, excellent public schools, productive farmland, and utilities that support both our environmental integrity and our communities’ needs.”

Rick Crawford

Supports domestic energy production and infrastructure deregulation

Crawford advocates for an domestic energy policy focused on expanding oil, gas, and coal production while easing federal environmental regulations. He voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act and opposed the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure bill.

• Voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1).
• Voted against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684).
• Advocates for domestic energy production to ensure affordable fuel and national security.

Terri Yarbrough Green

Supports family farms against big monopolies

Green emphasizes supporting small family agricultural producers by curbing the power of agricultural monopolies. She connects agricultural vitality to broader corporate antitrust oversight.

• Advocates supporting family farms.
• Calls for pushing back against big monopolies in agriculture and other sectors.

“Supporting family farms and pushing back on big monopolies.”

Rick Crawford

Supports agricultural trade and local producer interests

Crawford highlights the central role of agricultural production in Arkansas' 1st District, including rice farming. He serves on the House Agriculture Committee and brings a background in agricultural reporting and business.

• Serves as a member of the House Committee on Agriculture.
• Promotes agricultural commodities produced in the First District for global export.

Rick Crawford

Supports stricter border security and mandatory detention

Crawford supports strict border enforcement, mandatory detention for undocumented immigrants arrested for theft or DUI, and increased immigration restrictions. He also voted to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.

• Voted for the Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2) and the Laken Riley Act (S. 5).
• Voted for H.R. 875 making driving while impaired grounds for deportation or barring admission.
• Voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in 2024.