After many calls and emails to Senator Mark Pryor and Rep. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, both deny any knowledge of white racism against President Obama, or anyone claiming or saying that, as being the reason their race is so close, as a Villas spouter claims. Also, according to Seth McLaughlin of The Washington Times, one reason the race is so close is because Pryor, a Democrat, opposed President Obama taking any kind of executive action on immigration, upsetting some Democrats, and causing the Latino Group, Presente Action, to ask Latino's not to vote for Pryor.