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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Medicaid coverage: 27.8%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: homeownership rate: 67.5%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic or Latino (any race): 4.25%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black or African American alone (non-Hispanic): 16.6%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White alone (non-Hispanic): 73.4%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: poverty rate: 18.9%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $52,771
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Arkansas Issue 3: Religious Freedom Amendment (2022) — failed, margin 50% Yes – 50% No
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Arkansas Issue 4: Recreational Marijuana Legalization (2022) — failed, margin 44% Yes – 56% No
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Arkansas Issue 1: Permanent Half-Cent Sales Tax for Highways (2020) — passed, margin 55% Yes – 45% No
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 (share 8)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 12.1)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 (share 14.5)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 16.2)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Walmart Inc. (various locations across district) (53310 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Hytrol Conveyor Company (Jonesboro) (1200 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital (1500 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Arkansas State University (Jonesboro) (3000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: St. Bernard's Medical Center (Jonesboro) (2400 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Arkansas's 1st Congressional District encompasses most of the state's Delta region and northeastern corner, stretching from the Mississippi River westward through agricultural lowlands to the Ozark foothills. With a population of approximately 753,000 and a Cook PVI of R+23, it is the most Republican district in Arkansas. The district is 74.4% White (Non-Hispanic) and 16.6% Black, with a median household income of $52,771—well below the national average. The 18.9% poverty rate is among the highest of any congressional district. Only 18.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree. The economy is anchored by agriculture (rice, soybeans, poultry), food processing, health care, and manufacturing. Major cities include Jonesboro, West Memphis, and Paragould. The district's largest employers are St. Bernard's Medical Center, Arkansas State University, and numerous food processing plants (Nestlé, Frito-Lay, Riceland Foods).
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Voted yea on H.J.Res.26 (Disapproving the D.C. Council's Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022) on 2023-02-09: Crawford voted with most Republicans to override D.C.'s locally enacted criminal justice reforms that would have eliminated most mandatory minimum sentences. The vote represented congressional interference in local self-governance, at odds with limited-government principles often espoused by his party.
Date: 2023-02-09
Added: 01 May 2026
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Voted nay on H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($60.8 billion Ukraine aid)) on 2024-04-20: Crawford voted against Ukraine aid, a position that helped secure his appointment as House Intelligence Committee Chair in January 2025, replacing pro-Ukraine Chair Mike Turner. Crawford has said he supports military aid to Ukraine but opposes 'sending your tax dollars on a European vacation.' This vote distinguished him within a divided GOP.
Date: 2024-04-20
Added: 01 May 2026
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Voted yea on H.Con.Res.14 (House Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution (reconciliation framework requiring $1.5 trillion in spending cuts)) on 2025-02-25: Crawford voted for the budget blueprint that set the stage for reconciliation and cuts to programs serving his district's low-income and elderly populations. He called it 'fiscally responsible,' but budget analysts warned the required cuts would disproportionately affect rural districts like his.
Date: 2025-02-25
Added: 01 May 2026
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Voted yea on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Trump tax-and-spending reconciliation package)) on 2025-05-22: Crawford voted for the OBBBA, which cut approximately $880 billion from Medicaid and $300 billion from SNAP over a decade, even though 27.8% of his constituents rely on Medicaid and 18.9% live below the poverty line. He touted the bill's tax cuts and farm safety-net investments while downplaying the impact of social-program reductions.
Date: 2025-05-22
Added: 01 May 2026
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Voted nay on H.R. 3684 (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law)) on 2021-11-05: Crawford voted against the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that provided funding for rural broadband, roads, bridges, and water systems—all critical needs in his district where median household income is $52,771, 18.9% live in poverty, and only 67.5% own homes. He later criticized the law's slow rollout as Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chair, but never reversed his opposition.
Date: 2021-11-05
Added: 01 May 2026
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[statement] After rioters stormed the Capitol, Crawford joined several other Arkansas lawmakers in condemning the violence, with news reports stating he 'condemned the actions after rioters made their way into the Capitol.'
Date: 2021-01-07
Added: 01 May 2026
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[statement] On January 6, 2021, as the Capitol riot unfolded, Crawford told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette his goal was to 'compel' the Supreme Court to reexamine Trump's election-related legal challenges, adding: 'And listen, if today's action with these rioters didn't get the Supreme Court's attention, I don't know what will.'
Date: 2021-01-06
Added: 01 May 2026
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Crawford served as Chair of the House Intelligence Committee (appointed January 2025) and previously chaired the Highways and Transit Subcommittee of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and served as a senior member of the House Agriculture Committee.
Date: 2025-01-16
Added: 01 May 2026
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In the 2021–2022 cycle, 83.89% of Crawford's PAC contributions ($507,500 of $607,400) came from business PACs, with only 2.56% from labor PACs.
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In Q1 2026, Crawford reported $238,000 in total receipts with $160,000 from PACs, ending the period with $1.1 million cash on hand. Top PAC donors included the National Cattlemen's Beef Association PAC ($10,000), Arkansas Farm Bureau Federal Ag PAC ($5,000), National Chicken Council PAC ($5,000), and Tyson Foods Inc. PAC ($5,000).
Date: 2026-03-31
Added: 01 May 2026
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Crawford owned and operated the AgWatch Network, a farm news radio network heard on 39 stations across five states, before and during his early congressional tenure.
Added: 01 May 2026
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In the 2023–2024 cycle, Crawford raised $1,097,029. His top sector was Agribusiness ($216,729), followed by Transportation ($178,850), Construction ($143,900), and Finance/Insurance/Real Estate ($75,100).
Added: 01 May 2026
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