Talk Business & Politics has learned that former President Bill Clinton will return to his birthplace of Hope, Arkansas for a political rally this Saturday, Oct. 18.
Clinton will lead a Fourth District rally at the historic Hope Train Depot. Guests include high-profile Democratic candidates Sen. Mark Pryor, gubernatorial nominee Mike Ross, and Congressional candidate James Lee Witt. Other guests likely to attend are Clinton’s former White House chief of staff and Hope native Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty and Bob Nash, Clinton’s former director of Presidential personnel. Gates for the public will open at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
The last time Clinton attended a political event in Hope was in 1999, nearly 15 years ago when he was President.
Clinton famously delivered the line in his 1992 nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, “I still believe in a place called Hope.”
Clinton’s visit to Arkansas will be his second high-profile event in state in the last two weeks. Last week, he attended rallies on college campuses in Central, Northeast, and Northwest Arkansas.
