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Rick Crawford is trading at 97% to win the AR-01 House winner? on prediction markets.
Candidate Overview
Key details about the candidate’s background, party, office sought and current campaign.
Current roleU.S. Representative
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
Age60 years old (Jan 22, 1966)
GenderMale
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LocationArkansas
BackgroundU.S. Representative
EducationB.S., Arkansas State University (1996)
Notable personal detailsEric A. “Rick” Crawford is a Republican U.S. Representative for Arkansas’s 1st congressional district, first elected in 2010 and serving since January 3, 2011. He served in the U.S. Army from 1985 to 1989. He earned a B.S. from Arkansas State University in 1996 and has worked as a journalist and business owner; he has also served as a marketing manager for a large John Deere dealer group.
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Political Positions
Economy & Taxes
Rick Crawford has supported extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and described it as lowering taxes for working families and small businesses. He has also backed a budget resolution he said required taxpayer savings and cutting wasteful federal spending.
Healthcare
Rick Crawford has criticized the Affordable Care Act and opposed extending COVID-era ACA subsidies. He has supported market- and program-based Republican health care approaches, including rural health funding and efforts to increase access without expanding the ACA.
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Immigration & Border
Rick Crawford has consistently emphasized border security and stopping illegal immigration. His public statements support finishing the border wall, increasing Border Patrol resources, and using tougher immigration policies and asylum rules.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Rick Crawford has publicly described himself as an ardent believer in the sanctity of innocent human life and said he has consistently supported pro-life legislation. He has also said he celebrated the overturning of Roe v. Wade and that the decision is saving lives in Arkansas. His legislative record includes cosponsoring the Life at Conception Act and other anti-abortion bills.
Climate & Energy
Rick Crawford has criticized federal spending on what he described as extreme liberal climate projects and has aligned with efforts to expand domestic energy and critical minerals production. His public statements emphasize energy independence, economic competitiveness, and limiting costly climate-related regulation or spending.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports Second Amendment rights while saying school safety and gun rights are not mutually exclusive. Has called for better enforcement and for re-examining the Dickey Amendment to improve gun-violence data, and has received a strong NRA rating and endorsement.
Latest News
Rick Crawford is being discussed as a possible next U.S. director of national intelligence, with an opinion piece arguing that his House Intelligence Committee experience and support for intelligence reform make him a strong fit. The piece also criticizes the current acting DNI arrangement. A separate Supreme Court ruling on voting rights could affect Arkansas by making racial vote-dilution challenges harder, but it does not report a direct action by Crawford.
Endorsements
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Campaign Fundraising
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