The Green Papers: Arkansas 2018 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2018. Find 2019 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 22 May 2018
✓ Runoff (no contests covered by this website require runoffs): Tuesday 19 June 2018
✓ General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Thursday 1 March 2018 - Primary/Independent/Third/Minor party .
Tuesday 22 May 2018 - Primary . Polling hours 7:30a-7:30p CDT (1230-0030 UTC).
Tuesday 19 June 2018 - Runoff (no contests covered by this website require runoffs) . Polling hours 7:30a-7:30p CDT (1230-0030 UTC).
Tuesday 6 November 2018 - General Election . Polling hours 7:30a-7:30p CST (1330-0130 UTC).
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:2,926,229 (0.94% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:6(1.12% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
Capital:Little Rock
 

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Arkansas State and Local Government


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.


circa 26 January 2017: Arkansas Senator Gary Stubblefield introduced SB 122 which would move the primary from May to March.


2018 Election Calendar from the Arkansas Secretary of State.

Candidate Information from the Arkansas Secretary of State.

22 May Primary
Returns from the Arkansas Secretary of State.
Results from The New York Times
Results from Politico.


6 November 2018
Candidate Information from the Arkansas Secretary of State.
Certified returns from the Arkansas Secretary of State.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 115th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator Thomas B. "Tom" Cotton
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator Thomas B. "Tom" Cotton
FEC S4AR00103

Class 3 Republican Senator John Nichols Boozman
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

Chair up for regular election Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2014.
Previously served in the U.S. Congress: 3 January 1997 - 6 August 2001
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated
 Candidate list (3)
  Elected Republican 582,406 65.33% Governor Asa Hutchinson
  Candidate Democratic 283,218 31.77% Jared K. Henderson
  Candidate Libertarian 25,885 2.90% Mark West
Total 891,509 100.00%  

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

Seat up for regular election Republican Lieutenant Governor John Timothy "Tim" Griffin
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2014.
Previously served in the U.S. Congress: 2011-2015.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (3)
  Elected Republican 570,433 64.18% Lieutenant Governor John Timothy "Tim" Griffin
  Candidate Democratic 293,535 33.03% Anthony Bland
  Candidate Libertarian 24,767 2.79% former Tull Mayor Frank Gilbert
Total 888,735 100.00%  

115th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republican (4 Renominated)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress
  Elected Republican 138,757 68.95% Congressman Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford
FEC H0AR01083; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,019,409; Dsb $954,344
  Candidate Democratic 57,907 28.77% Chintan Desai
FEC H8AR01029; 30 Nov 18; Tot $137,153; Dsb $137,153
  Candidate Libertarian 4,581 2.28% Elvis D. Presley
FEC H8AR01045
Total 201,245 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman James French "French" Hill
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress
  Elected Republican 132,125 52.13% Congressman James French "French" Hill
FEC H4AR02141; 26 Nov 18; Tot $2,928,395; Dsb $3,484,714
  Candidate Democratic 116,135 45.82% state Representative Everett Clarke "Clarke" Tucker, IV
FEC H8AR02159; 26 Nov 18; Tot $2,360,491; Dsb $2,350,973
  Candidate Libertarian 5,193 2.05% Joe Ryne Swafford
FEC H8AR02175
Total 253,453 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Stephen A. "Steve" Womack
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 2 write-ins) - 116th Congress
  Elected Republican 148,717 64.74% Congressman Stephen A. "Steve" Womack
FEC H0AR03055; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,207,200; Dsb $1,192,055
  Candidate Democratic 74,952 32.63% Joshua "Josh" Mahony
FEC H8AR03074; 26 Nov 18; Tot $266,334; Dsb $266,133
  Candidate Libertarian 5,899 2.57% Michael J. "Mike" Kalagias
FEC H8AR03090
  Candidate Scattering 140 0.06% Write-In
  Candidate Write-in     Jason Tate
FEC H8AR03108
Total 229,708 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Bruce Westerman
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 2 write-ins) - 116th Congress
  Elected Republican 136,740 66.74% Congressman Bruce Westerman
FEC H4AR04048; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,602,912; Dsb $1,270,754
  Candidate Democratic 63,984 31.23% Hayden Catherine Shamel
FEC H8AR04130; 31 Dec 18; Tot $157,247; Dsb $155,050
  Candidate Libertarian 3,952 1.93% Tom Canada
FEC H8AR04171
  Candidate Scattering 216 0.11% Write-In
  Candidate Write-in     SusanAnn Martin
FEC H8AR04155
Total 204,892 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Secretary of State Mark Martin
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Secretary of State is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Seat - At Term Limit
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (3)
  Elected Republican 537,581 60.64% State Lands Commissioner John Thurston
  Candidate Democratic 323,644 36.51% Susan Inman
  Candidate Libertarian 25,320 2.86% Christopher Olson
Total 886,545 100.00%  

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

Seat up for regular election Republican Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (3)
  Elected Republican 549,668 61.80% Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
  Candidate Democratic 315,099 35.43% Mike Lee
  Candidate Libertarian 24,652 2.77% Kerry Hicks
Total 889,419 100.00%  

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

Seat up for regular election Republican Treasurer Dennis Milligan
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected Republican 611,189 70.89% Treasurer Dennis Milligan
  Candidate Libertarian 250,943 29.11% Ashley Ewald
Total 862,132 100.00%  

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

Seat up for regular election Republican Auditor Andrea Lea
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected Republican 621,772 72.35% Auditor Andrea Lea
  Candidate Libertarian 237,602 27.65% David E. Dinwiddie
Total 859,374 100.00%  

Commissioner of State Lands  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican State Lands Commissioner John M. Thurston
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Commissioner of State Lands is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Seat - Ran for and won his party's nomination for Secretary of State.
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (3)
  Elected Republican 530,230 60.05% Tommy Land
  Candidate Democratic 323,682 36.66% Hot Springs City Director Larry Williams
  Candidate Libertarian 29,123 3.30% TJ Campbell
Total 883,035 100.00%  
 

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): 9 candidates
  Republican: 13 incumbents, 12 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.
  Libertarian: 11 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Scattering: 2 candidates
  Write-in: 2 candidates
 
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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