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Colt Shelby on Local Control, Prison Policy & Arkansas' Governor's Race
Colt Shelby has worked in the oil field for 24 years. He never planned to run for office, until a proposed 3,000-bed prison landed four miles from his home in Cecil, Arkansas. Now he's the Libertarian candidate for governor.
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