Libertarian Senate Candidate Jeff Wadlin Announces Statewide Tour

Wadlin intends to meet Arkansans where they are — not just where the cameras are

Bentonville, Ark.

Fresh off securing the Arkansas Libertarian Party's nomination for U.S. Senate, Jeff Wadlin announced Monday that he will embark on a statewide tour to meet voters across all 75 Arkansas counties — including many that major-party candidates rarely visit.

"Cotton campaigns for donors. Shoffner campaigns for attention," Wadlin said. "I'm going to go talk to Arkansans — in the Delta, in the Ozarks, and in the small towns both parties have written off."

The tour is expected to begin later this month and will prioritize rural communities that have borne the heaviest costs of recent trade policy, hospital closures, and economic stagnation. Nearly half of Arkansas counties lack labor and delivery services, and one-third of Arkansans say the state is headed in the wrong direction.

Wadlin said the visits will be informal — town halls, diners, farm stops — rather than traditional campaign rallies.

"I don't have a party machine behind me," he said. "What I have is time, and the willingness to listen."

The announcement is consistent with Wadlin's broader campaign argument that governing starts with listening and understanding — and that neither major party has demonstrated much interest in either.