LITTLE ROCK - Former U.S. Attorney and candidate for U.S. Senate Conner Eldridge released two ads today, both drawing stark differences between the two candidates for U.S. Senate. Featuring Eldridge's 1953 red Dodge "Debate Truck," the ads highlight Sen. Boozman's absence from Arkansas and his excessive foreign travels to 53 different countries, all the while voting for trade deals that sent American jobs overseas and only passing five bills, all of which renamed post offices.

The ads feature Eldridge driving his "Debate Truck" -- a 1953 red Dodge flatbed, complete with two mounted podiums on the back -- around the state of Arkansas, looking for Senator Boozman. Eldridge says he will travel the state and debate John Boozman "anytime, anywhere." There's one problem: he can't find the Senator. After exposing Sen. Boozman's hollow record in Washington, in which he has passed just five bills all renaming post offices and traveled to 53 different countries, the second of the two ads ends with Eldridge satirically remarking, "With that record, I'd go missing too."

"When I found out the number of foreign countries Sen. Boozman has visited since holding office, I found out why 44% of Arkansans don't know who he is -- he's never here," said Eldridge. "The key distinction in this race isn't really even about the R or D next to our names -- it's about who is willing to engage with and work for the people of Arkansas. While Sen. Boozman has spent the last 14 years traveling to foreign countries and dodging the people of this state, I'm meeting Arkansans in every county, listening to their concerns, and finding solutions to the issues they face. That's what the people of this state want in a U.S. Senator, and that's why we're going to win this race."

Eldridge has repeatedly challenged his opponent to debates around the state, even showing up in the Senator's hometown during the Senate's seven-week recess with the Debate Truck at the ready. Sen. Boozman was nowhere to be found. As recently as August, Little Rock TV Network, KARK, invited Eldridge and Sen. Boozman to participate in a statewide, televised debate. Eldridge accepted, but Sen. Boozman declined the invitation.

"Sen. Boozman's record is bad for just about every person in the state of Arkansas," Eldridge noted. "He's voted against students -- from pre-K to those in college; he's voted against women, choosing to vote against the Violence Against Women Act and Equal Pay; he's voted against the working class, sending jobs overseas, shutting down many Arkansas factories. He supports unfair trade deals like the Trans Pacific Partnership, which even Donald Trump is against. Arkansans deserve a Senator who works as hard as they do, listens to their concerns, and fights for them. That's exactly what I'll do as their next U.S. Senator."