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Jake Bequette, founder of The Arkansas Fund, speaks to the Pine Bluff Small Business Association on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Pine Bluff Commercial/I.C. Murrell)
LITTLE ROCK — Former NFL player Jake Bequette on Monday announced he’s challenging Arkansas Sen. John Boozman in next year’s Republican primary.
Bequette, an Army veteran who also played for the Arkansas Razorbacks from 2008-11, launched his bid with a online video shot inside Little Rock's War Memorial Stadium touting his football and military background.
“What’s happening in Washington these days is a disgrace. Democrats have been taken over by radical socialists, and too many Republicans just go along to get along,” Bequette says in the ad.