A retired pathologist, Terri Yarbrough Green of Paragould, filed Monday at the state Capitol to seek Arkansas' 1st Congressional District seat as a Democrat in the 2026 elections.

Republican Rick Crawford of Jonesboro has represented the 1st Congressional District since 2011. Crawford's campaign manager filed the required paperwork Friday for Crawford to seek re-election.

On the sixth day of the filing period that started Nov. 3, Green was one of 26 candidates for state and federal offices in Arkansas who filed paperwork at the state Capitol.

Green said Monday she is running for because she believes "the people of the 1st District deserve a voice and a choice in these desperate times and a chance to save our democracy."

"I could not stand the thought of there being a blank on the ballo

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