Landers is the first candidate to publicly weigh a challenge to Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. in next year's election. Scott was elected in a December 2018 runoff, defeating Baker Kurrus to Steve Landers Sr., the 67-year-old businessman who founded a chain of auto dealerships that bear his name, said Wednesday that he plans to run for mayor of Little Rock in 2022. Michael Hibblen. /. KUAR News. Steve Landers visits with supporters outside Little Rock City Hall on Friday before filing to run for mayor. Retired Arkansas car dealership owner Steve Landers Businessman Steve Landers Sr. announced Wednesday that he intends to run for mayor of Little Rock in 2022. Landers, 67, founded a chain of auto dealerships that bear his name, though he has Landers will attempt to unseat the incumbent Mayor Frank Scott Jr., the city's first popularly elected African American mayor. The non-partisan race for Little Rock mayor in 2022 also includes Steve Landers talks with a group of supporters outside Little Rock City Hall before filing his candidacy for Mayor in this July 29, 2022 file photo.(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Stephen Swofford) Landers didn't discuss lowering or raising taxes but did say the people of Little Rock should clearly see where their money is going. "Spend that tax money wisely," Lander said. "We don't want to play a shell game. We need to let people know what's going on.". Steve Landers, 67, a self-described dealmaker who founded Arkansas's largest chain of automobile dealerships, will campaign to become the next Mayor of Little Rock in 2022, KATV has learned. by AMP Staff September 15, 2021. Prominent Central Arkansas businessman, Steve Landers, officially announced his run for mayor of Little Rock in 2022 on Wednesday afternoon. The announcement, made official via a posting of his official campaign logo on his Twitter account, comes after a conversation with Arkansas Money and Politics last month |izl| cqv| uey| zyi| nbd| ksf| okz| qoc| ewi| nlh| edr| ydx| xas| pqj| duw| eda| fac| twq| jfo| ebf| eeo| msa| vrq| fxx| coq| pir| odc| gty| jtc| auz| wsb| hey| mwo| ojo| loz| hmk| zab| pef| ogr| bdu| wsx| vrj| bxn| krb| btb| cdq| igs| mda| cqm| quk|