The Green Papers: Arkansas 2022 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 24 May 2022
✓ Runoff (no contests covered by this website advance to a runoff): Tuesday 21 June 2022
✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Tuesday 1 March 2022 - Filing Deadline - Primary/Independent/Third/Minor .
Tuesday 24 May 2022 - Primary . Polling hours 7:30a-7:30p CDT (1230-0030 UTC).
Tuesday 21 June 2022 - Runoff (no contests covered by this website advance to a runoff) . Polling hours 7:30a-7:30p CDT (1230-0030 UTC).
Tuesday 8 November 2022 - General Election . Polling hours 7:30a-7:30p CST (1330-0130 UTC).
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:3,013,756 (0.97% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:6(1.12% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
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.

If the General Election filing date falls on a holiday so the deadline is extended 1 day.


Current Election Calendar from the Arkansas Secretary of State.

Candidate Information from the Arkansas Secretary of State.


24 May 2022 Primary Results from a media source, results from a media source.


8 November 2022 returns from the Arkansas State Board of Elections. Vote totals last updated 1 December 2022 per the certified vote.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 117th 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

Class 3
Seat up for regular election
Republican Senator John Nichols Boozman
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 2 write-ins)
  Elected Republican 592,437 65.73% Senator John Nichols Boozman
FEC S0AR00150; 31 Dec 22; Tot $6,769,987; Dsb $6,784,609
  Candidate Democratic 280,187 31.09% Natalie James
FEC S2AR00115; 31 Dec 22; Tot $81,481; Dsb $81,266
  Candidate Libertarian 28,682 3.18% Kenneth Cates
FEC S2AR00131
  Candidate Write-in     Richard "Nap" Gant
FEC S2AR00156
  Candidate Write-in     James Garner
FEC S2AR00164
Total 901,306 100.00%  

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

Chair up for regular election
Open
Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson
Previously served in the U.S. Congress: 3 January 1997 - 6 August 2001. First elected to the Governor's chair: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At Term Limit.
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (3, 4 write-ins)
  Elected Republican 571,105 62.96% Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Daughter of former Governor Mike Huckabee
16 September 2022: Reports she is cancer free after removal of her thyroid for Stage I papillary thyroid carcinoma.
  Candidate Democratic 319,242 35.20% Chris Jones
  Candidate Libertarian 16,690 1.84% Ricky Dale Harrington, Jr.
  Candidate Write-in     Dan Nelson
  Candidate Write-in     Elvis Presley
  Candidate Write-in     Jason Tate
  Candidate Write-in     Michael Woodard
Total 907,037 100.00%  

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Lieutenant Governor John Timothy "Tim" Griffin
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Previously served in the U.S. Congress: 2011-2015.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Open Seat - At Term Limit.
8 February 2021: Dropped out of Gubernatorial contest.
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (3)
  Elected Republican 577,316 64.21% Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
  Candidate Democratic 288,631 32.10% Kelly Ross Krout
  Candidate Libertarian 33,163 3.69% former Tull Mayor Frank Gilbert
Total 899,110 100.00%  

117th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2022, 2024. No Term Limit. 117th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republican (4 Renominated)

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress
  Elected Republican 153,774 73.80% Member of Congress Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford
FEC H0AR01083; 31 Dec 22; Tot $1,087,410; Dsb $647,616
  Candidate Democratic 54,598 26.20% state Representative Monte Hodges
FEC H2AR01113; 28 Nov 22; Tot $66,984; Dsb $64,068
Total 208,372 100.00%  

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress James French "French" Hill
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress
  Elected Republican 147,975 60.04% Member of Congress James French "French" Hill
FEC H4AR02141; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,396,282; Dsb $2,926,697
  Candidate Democratic 86,887 35.26% Quintessa Hathaway
FEC H2AR02095
  Candidate Libertarian 11,584 4.70% Michael White
FEC H2AR02129
Total 246,446 100.00%  

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Stephen A. "Steve" Womack
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress
  Elected Republican 142,401 63.69% Member of Congress Stephen A. "Steve" Womack
FEC H0AR03055; 31 Dec 22; Tot $1,664,169; Dsb $1,083,111
  Candidate Democratic 73,541 32.89% Lauren Mallett-Hays
aka Lauren Hays

FEC H2AR03283; 31 Dec 22; Tot $65,742; Dsb $65,742
  Candidate Libertarian 7,646 3.42% Michael J. "Mike" Kalagias
FEC H8AR03090
Total 223,588 100.00%  

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Bruce Westerman
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress
  Elected Republican 153,850 71.00% Member of Congress Bruce Westerman
FEC H4AR04048; 31 Dec 22; Tot $1,944,291; Dsb $1,445,546
  Candidate Democratic 56,745 26.19% John White
FEC H2AR04158
  Candidate Libertarian 6,101 2.82% Gregory Maxwell
FEC H2AR04166
Total 216,696 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime

Seat up for regular election Republican Secretary of State John Thurston
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected Republican 600,194 67.05% Secretary of State John Thurston
  Candidate Democratic 294,970 32.95% Anna Beth Gorman
Total 895,164 100.00%  

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Open Seat - At Term Limit.
Candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2022.
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in)
  Elected Republican 605,785 67.61% Lieutenant Governor John Timothy "Tim" Griffin
Previously served in the U.S. Congress: 2011-2015.
  Candidate Democratic 290,183 32.39% Little Rock Parks Commissioner Jesse Gibson
  Candidate Write-in     Gerhard Langguth
Total 895,968 100.00%  

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Treasurer Dennis Milligan
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Open Seat - At Term Limit.
Candidate for Auditor in 2022.
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected Republican 592,634 66.27% former state Representative Mark Lowery
  Candidate Democratic 301,600 33.73% Pam Whitaker
Total 894,234 100.00%  

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Auditor Andrea Lea
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Open Seat - At Term Limit
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (3)
  Elected Republican 595,166 66.79% Treasurer Dennis Milligan
  Candidate Democratic 258,154 28.97% Diamond Arnold-Johnson
  Candidate Libertarian 37,825 4.24% Simeon Snow
Total 891,145 100.00%  

Commissioner of State Lands  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime

Seat up for regular election Republican State Lands Commissioner Tommy Land
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Commissioner of State Lands is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected Republican 611,723 68.77% State Lands Commissioner Tommy Land
  Candidate Democratic 277,750 31.23% Darlene Goldi "Goldi" Gaines
Total 889,473 100.00%  
 

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): 12 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: 7 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 7 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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