| The Green Papers: Arkansas 2023 General Election |
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Arkansas
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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Primary elections are for Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican candidates only. If no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote, a runoff between the two top vote-getters will be held. If the General Election filing date falls on a holiday, the deadline is extended 1 day. |
| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 2 | Republican | Senator Thomas B. "Tom" Cotton • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2020. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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Republican | Senator Thomas B. "Tom" Cotton • FEC S4AR00103 |
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| Class 3 | Republican | Senator John Nichols Boozman • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016, 2022. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors | |||||
| Republican | Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders • First elected: 2022. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026 | |||||
| Republican | Lieutenant Governor Leslie Rutledge • First elected: 2022. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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| 118th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Republican (4 Undetermined) | |||||
| Incumbent - 118th Congress | |||||
| CD 1 | Republican | Member of Congress Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024 |
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| Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | Rodney Govens • FEC H4AR01077 |
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Republican | Member of Congress Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford • FEC H0AR01083; 30 Sep 23; Tot $393,468; Dsb $196,208 |
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| Incumbent - 118th Congress | |||||
| CD 2 | Republican | Member of Congress James French "French" Hill • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024 |
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| Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | Marcus A. Jones • FEC H4AR02232 |
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Republican | Member of Congress James French "French" Hill • FEC H4AR02141; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,082,080; Dsb $369,314 |
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| Incumbent - 118th Congress | |||||
| CD 3 | Republican | Member of Congress Stephen A. "Steve" Womack • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024 |
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| Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | Caitlin Rae Draper Mattelin • aka Caitlin Draper • FEC H4AR03065 |
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Republican | state Senator Clint Penzo • FEC H4AR03073 |
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Republican | Member of Congress Stephen A. "Steve" Womack • FEC H0AR03055; 30 Sep 23; Tot $544,642; Dsb $313,037 |
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| Incumbent - 118th Congress | |||||
| CD 4 | Republican | Member of Congress Bruce Westerman • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024 |
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| Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | Risie R. "Risi" Howard • FEC H4AR04089 |
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Republican | Member of Congress Bruce Westerman • FEC H4AR04048; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,132,185; Dsb $314,514 |
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Independent | John White | |||
| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
| Republican | Secretary of State John Thurston • First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 • The current Secretary of State is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Seat - At term limit. 9 August 2023: Special Election candidate for Treasurer in 2024. |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026 | |||||
| Republican | Attorney General John Timothy "Tim" Griffin • First elected: 2022. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026 | |||||
| Republican | Treasurer Larry W. Walther • Appointed: 3 August 2023 [re: death of Treasurer Mark Lowery (Republican)] • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 • Open Seat - Not a candidate for election in 2024. |
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| March 2023: Arkansas state Treasurer Mark Lowery suffered an ischemic stroke. 30 June 2023: Treasurer Mark Lowery suffered another stroke. The office operating under the direction of Treasury Chief of Staff Stephen Bright and Chief Deputy Treasurer Eric Munson. 25 July 2023: Treasurer Mark Lowery announced that he will resign on 30 September 2023. 26 July 2023: Arkansas State Treasurer Mark Lowery (Republican), 66, who was first elected in 2022, died. 3 August 2023: Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) names Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Larry Walther (Republican) to fill the seat until 2025. The winner of the 5 November 2024 special election will fill the seat for the remainder of the term which ends in 2027. | |||||
• Seat up for special election: Tuesday 5 November 2024 (presumably) • Special Election - To fill the seat of state Treasurer Mark Lowery (Republican) who died on 26 July 2023 for the remainder of the term which ends in 2027. |
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| Candidate list (2) | |||||
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Democratic | John Pagan | |||
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Republican | Secretary of State John Thurston • 9 August 2023: Special Election candidate for Treasurer in 2024. |
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| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026 | |||||
| Republican | Auditor Dennis Milligan • First elected: 2022. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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| Commissioner of State Lands 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
| Republican | State Lands Commissioner Tommy Land • First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 • The current Commissioner of State Lands is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Seat - At term limit |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
| Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties. | |
| • Democratic (affiliates): 5 candidates | |
| • Republican: 13 incumbents, 7 candidates | |
| Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties. | |
| • Constitution (affiliates) | |
| • Libertarian | |
| Other Third Parties | |
| • Justice Party | |
| • Natural Law (affiliates) | |
| • Right to Life | |
| • Unity | |
| Independents | |
| • (blank): 1 incumbent | |
| • Independent: 1 candidate | |
| Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted. | |
| Notes |
| Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot. |
| Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change. |
"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary. When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details. If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements. |
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