Colt Shelby
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Colt Shelby was the Libertarian nominee for governor of Arkansas in 2026. He was a leader of the citizen effort against Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' planned prison in Franklin County. talkbusiness.net PBS
His campaign says he has spent about two decades in the oil and gas industry and works a Franklin County farm that he and his family bought in 2016, about four miles from the proposed prison site. colt4arkansas.org
Platform
- Proposes requiring public disclosure of major state contracts and incentive deals before they are finalized, plus regular town halls in every region.colt4arkansas.org
- Proposes independent audits of large state contracts and a public accounting of incentive packages.colt4arkansas.org
- Says he opposes the proposed Franklin County prison and would require local input and transparent cost accounting for projects of that size.colt4arkansas.org
- Proposes requiring large data center and crypto-mining operations to pay their share of power grid upgrades.colt4arkansas.org
- Says he opposes voucher expansion and would prioritize public school funding, including teacher pay and rural school formulas.colt4arkansas.org
- Says he would replace the state education secretary and swap the ATLAS assessment for a nationally recognized test.talkbusiness.net