David Meeks of Conway, who formed an exploratory committee earlier this month, announced today his candidacy to run against Democratic incumbent  U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder to represent Arkansas’ 2nd district.

Meeks, whose work includes teaching at a charter middle school for inner-city youth and as a project manager for Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Florida, has been speaking across the state for conservative groups since announcing his exploratory committee and has been active in social media, forming both facebook and twitter accounts, and maintaining the Web site, whoisdavidmeeks.com.

Meeks is the first Republican to announce his intentions to oppose Snyder.

Snyder is one of Arkansas’ most tenured delegates, assuming his position, along with Rep. Marion Berry, D-Jonesboro, January 1, 1997. He has since rattled off six consecutive election victories, most of them landslide decisions.

Meeks is scheduled to speak to KARN News Radio today on the Dave Elswick show at 2 pm.

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