State representative wins Democratic runoff for Arkansas state Senate seat in Little Rock

State Rep. Tara Shephard will be southwest Little Rock’s next state senator after she defeated Charity Smith-Allen in Tuesday’s Democratic primary runoff election. Shephard won nearly 59 of the vote over Smith-Allen, who won about 41, according to unofficial results from the Pulaski County Election Commission. Shephard is a two-term House member, a youth program []