Clarke Tucker

Clarke Tucker earned a B.A. in government from Harvard University in 2003 and a J.D. from the University of Arkansas in 2006. Tucker's career experience includes owning Clarke Tucker Law and working as an attorney with Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull, & Burrow PLLC; a law clerk for J. Leon Holmes of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas; and an adjunct professor with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law.[2][3][4][5]

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Campaign website

The following themes were found on Tucker's 2018 campaign website.

Health Care

Health care is a personal issue for me.

As a cancer survivor and someone who put my blood, sweat, and tears into protecting Medicaid expansion in Arkansas, I understand health care is more than just a talking point.

Affordable health care

Clarke Tucker will work to ensure access to high-quality, low-cost health care.

It’s vital for every child, woman, and man to have a dignified and full life. Arkansas families should never have to choose between their health, their food, or providing for their family’s future.

Medicare Reform

Clarke Tucker will reform Medicare to make it more efficient.

We can create a more cost-efficient Medicare program by combatting waste and exercising appropriate oversight. In addition, Medicare should be able to negotiate drug prices to keep the cost of prescription drugs down.

ACA

Clarke Tucker will protect the Affordable Care Act.

Last year, the GOP-led U.S. House passed the American Health Care Act, which would have stripped away health care from millions of Americans and Arkansans by making care more expensive and less accessible for low-wage workers, the elderly, those who have difficulty navigating an overly complex system, and the 32% of Arkansans who have a pre-existing condition. My opponent voted for the bill.

ACA

Clarke Tucker will improve the Affordable Care Act.

By incentivizing insurers to participate in the exchanges, especially in rural and underserved areas, we can increase competition among insurers and give Americans more options. Additionally, Tucker will work to restore subsidies that have kept costs down, which his opponent voted to repeal.

Jobs

A job is more than a paycheck.

I believe a job brings more to an individual, to a family, and to a community than any check could ever deliver. Many in our communities are still struggling. That’s why investments in infrastructure and the jobs of tomorrow, and support for small businesses and working families are essential to ensure every person who can work has the opportunity to do so.

Infrastructure

Clarke will vote to increase federal investments in infrastructure.

The roads, bridges and maintenance that we work on now are all investments in our future that pay out for generations to come. To make sure that our communities are prosperous and competitive in the 21st Century economy, Clarke will work to bring good paying jobs to Arkansas to build our future.

Earned Income Tax Credit

Clarke Tucker believes in expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit.

The recent tax reform passed through congress mostly benefits the extremely wealthy and large corporations. Clarke believes in expanding tax credits for working people to make sure that our families are bringing home more of their paychecks to invest in themselves and their local businesses.

Rural Broadband

We must invest in faster, more reliable internet access for our rural communities.

New online business are being created and are hiring around the world, but without access, some communities are left out of the economic growth. Clark will help invest in rural broadband to connect our communities with opportunities in national markets right here at home.

Lower Taxes for Working Families

The Government works for people, not just large corporations.

America's economy is growing, but not enough of that growth is going to working people, especially while federal deficits are exploding again. We need to lower taxes for our working families, while promoting policies that create a responsible and forward-looking federal budget.

Education

Access to a quality education is access to opportunity.

We must ensure that all Arkansans, both young and old, have the resources and opportunity to realize the most of their God-given potential.

Pre-K

Clarke Tucker will help increase investment in Pre-K and Early Childhood Education.

Studies have shown that access to Pre-K and good early child education helps children enter school more prepared to learn. A good early start is so important that kids who attend Pre-K graduate at higher rates. Early education helps all kids but is particularly beneficial for disadvantaged kids and kids of color.

Teacher Pay

Clarke Tucker will fight for better pay for our teachers.

No job is more important to Arkansas children than teachers, and yet despite large increases in the cost of living, teacher pay has barely increased. Clarke Tucker knows that investing in our teachers is investing in our kids.

Higher Education

Clarke Tucker will make college more affordable and accessible for today's kids.

College is so expensive that students are either unable to go or graduate saddled with debt that drags on their and America's future prosperity. We must provide more options to our young people - better ways of paying for college and more two year degree and trade school options to empower our workforce.

For-Profit Charter Schools

Clarke Tucker opposes for-profit charter schools.

While some charter schools have had success, many have suffered from high teacher turnover, extremely low graduation rates and incentives that encourage grade falsification. When schools are focused on profits, our children are the ones paying the price.

Government Accountability

The government works for the people, not special interests.

Right now, our government lacks courage, honesty, integrity, and a duty to serve. Our representatives have failed to look out for us and instead have toed the party line in order to further special interests and their own careers. We must enact key reforms to ensure that our representatives focus on the people, and not the politics of division.

Gerrymandering

Politicians shouldn't be able to pick their voters by drawing their own districts.

Clarke believes we should end partisan gerrymandering by giving independent, non-partisan commissions the task of redistricting.

Campaign Finance Reform

Clarke Tucker will help stop the scourge of dark money in politics.

Clarke will work to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform to end the legacy of Citizens United and the spectre of dark special interest money in our politics.

Election Security

Clarke will protect the integrity of our elections.

With both new legislation and technology investments, we must work to defend our democracy by ensuring that foreign threats stay out of our elections and domestic affairs.

Fighting Corruption

Clarke Tucker will fight corruption and grifting.

Without strong oversight and real accountability for executives and agency leaders who commit wrongdoing, corruption will continue to fester. Clarke is committed to the idea that the rule of law applies to everyone, even the rich and powerful.

Immigration and Border Security

We can find a bipartisan plan for action.

There is actually much in the way of bipartisan support for comprehensive immigration reform, yet our current Congress has engaged in political finger-pointing and gridlock for years instead of seeking common ground. Together we can create reform that that secures our borders, strengthens our economy, and upholds our American values. In Congress, I will work to bring folks on both sides of the aisle together on this important issue.

DACA

A path to citizenship for DACA recipients.

We can both secure our borders and show compassion in our immigration policy, specifically to the over 800,000 DACA recipients — undocumented young men and women who were brought here by their parents years ago and are just as American as you or I am.

Homeland Security

Strong, safe borders with increased transparency.

Like the vast majority of Americans, I support ICE and our Homeland Security agencies in carrying out the mission to keep our borders safe and strong, while increasing accountability and transparency in our immigration enforcement through common-sense strategic investments. While we need increased border security, building a border wall is an inefficient and ineffective use of taxpayer funds with a price tag of $21.6 Billion — it also sends the wrong message about who we are as a country and our values.

Social Security and Medicare

Our seniors deserve full retirement benefits.

Our seniors have spent their lives working to give future generations a chance at a better life. They deserve full retirement benefits that let them live out their lives with dignity. That’s why I will fight ongoing attacks on Social Security and Medicare, and work to increase support for nutrition programs for seniors.

Protecting Social Security

We must safeguard Social Security benefits for Arkansas' Seniors.

Arkansans have worked their entire lives to earn their retirement. We must protect Social Security and oppose calls for privatization of our seniors’ benefits.

Improving Medicare

We can protect access to Medicare and make it more efficient.

Medicare is incredibly important to our seniors. Not only does it provide economic security, it improves lives. We can improve access to health care by exercising appropriate oversight over the Medicare program.

Making Prescriptions Affordable

Clarke knows that prescription drugs are too expensive. He'll fight to reduce prices.

Senior citizens shouldn't have to choose between eating and buying their medicine. Prescription drugs have gotten incredibly expensive and we need to do more to help make them affordable. Clarke also opposes government pension offsetting.

Meal Assistance

We can expand seniors' access to healthy food.

Access to healthy food helps seniors live healthier more independent lives. And yet programs like meals on wheels are under threat because legislators often don't appreciate how much they are needed. Clarke will help protect these valuable programs.

Equality

All Americans must be treated equally under law.

Every Arkansan has a stake in our future and each deserves the fullest opportunity to contribute to and share in our collective prosperity. This is a fundamental value that I carry with me every day.

Equal Pay

Clarke Tucker believes in equal pay for equal work.

All Americans should be paid equally and treated fairly, no matter their gender or race.

LGBTQ

We need to support the Equality Act.

We need to support legislation like the Equality Act, which would provide the same nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ Arkansans as any other protected class under federal law.

The Right to Vote

Clarke Tucker wants to reform discriminatory Voter ID laws.

Congress must work together to combat laws that disenfranchise our most vulnerable and underserved citizens. Every man and woman has the right to vote and we must work to create a system where everyone feels they can exercise that right. Additionally, we need to let young people know their vote really matters.

Environment

We must protect the Natural State.

There is no denying humans’ effect on our environment. Whether it’s cleaning up our forests and streams or limiting carbon emissions, our actions are responsible for the condition of our planet. As residents of the Natural State, we must take this responsibility seriously.

Clean Power

We should invest in clean wind, water, and solar power.

It’s not only good for our environment, but it’s also good for business — agriculture, manufacturing and tourism industries all stand to benefit from smarter investments in renewable, clean energy.

Preserving our natural resources.

Clarke will work to stop the ongoing attacks on environmental protections.

Those who seek to remove environmental protections simply do not understand what we risk losing. Arkansans are blessed to live in a state of great natural beauty. We must preserve that beauty and our many resources, which are vital to our personal well-being and the strength of our economy.

Climate Change

Clarke believes in reengaging with the world via the Paris Climate Agreement.

Arkansas is already experiencing dozens more 90 degree days each year than when Clarke was a child. We should rejoin every other nation on the planet in committing to the goals set forth in the Paris Climate Accord to ensure a prosperous future for our children.[8]

—Clarke Tucker's 2018 campaign website[9]

Campaign advertisements

The following is an example of an ad from Tucker's 2018 election campaign.

"Our Future" - Tucker campaign ad, released October 29, 2018