ELECTION COVERAGE: Click for up-to-date results from Arkansas May 2022 Primary Election

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In Statewide Elections:

  • Republican Governor
    Sarah Huckabee Sanders – 285,109 – 83% of vote
    Francis Washburn – 57,855
  • Democratic Governor
    Chris Jones – 66,082 – 70% of vote
    Anthony Bland – 8,978
    Jay Martin – 7,656
    James Russell – 6,349
    Supha Mays – 4,710
  • Republican US Senate
    Incumbent Senator John Boozman – 73,652
    Jake Bequette – 28,332
    Jan Morgan – 23,673
    Heath Loftis – 2,767
  • Democratic US Senate
    Natalie James – 49,393
    Dan Whitfield – 28,070
    Jack Foster -13,671
  • Senator Boozman and James will face Libertarian Kenneth Cates and Independent Stuart Shirrell.
  • Republican Lieutenant Governor 
    Leslie Rutledge – 179,678
    Jason Rapert – 48,892
    Greg Bledsoe – 33,066
    Joseph Wood – 28,862
    Doyle Webb – 22,654
    Chris Bequette – 19,992
    Republican Rutledge will face Democrat Kelly Krout in November.
  • Republican Attorney General 
    Tim Griffin – 276,939
    Leon Jones – 47,170
    Republican Griffin will face Democrat Jesse Gibson in the November election.
  • Republican Secretary of State 
    Incumbent John Thurston – 225,311
    Eddie Joe Williams – 86,796
  • Democratic Secretary of State 
    Anna Beth Gorman – 50,626
    Josh Price – 35,593
    Incumbent Thurston opposes Democrat Anna Beth Gorman in November.
  • Republican Treasurer
    Mark Lowery – 230,983
    Mathew Pitsch – 78,249
  • 1st District Republican US House
    Incumbent Representative Rick Crawford – 61,922
    Brandt Smith – 11,517
    Jody Shackelford – 9,300
    Republican Representative Crawford will face Democratic Representative Monte Hodges and Independent Roger Daugherty in the November election.

In Statewide Judicial Elections:

  • For Position 2
    Incumbent Justice Robin Wynne – 192,398
    Chris Carnahan – 111,852
    David Sterling – 84,360
  • For Position 6 
    Incumbent Justice Karen Baker – 252,843
    Gunner DeLay – 141,663

For the Arkansas State House:

  • In District 2 (Includes Fulton, Sharp, and Randolph Counties) –
    Incumbent Representative Marsh Davis – 2,203
    Trey Steimel – 1,684
    Hazelle Marie Whited – 1,326
    The winner is to face Libertarian Teresa Norman in November.
  • In District 3 (Includes Baxter and Fulton Counties) –
    Stetson Painter – 3,438
    Tom Bryant – 2,009
  • In District 27 (Includes Izard, Sharp, and Baxter Counties) –
    Timmy Reid – 2,418
    Steven Walker – 2,264
    Alan Yarbrough – 1,991
    Jerry Loggins – 1,245
  • In District 28 (Includes Stone, Sharp, Lawrence, and Independence Counties) –
    Bart Schulz – 2,986
    Chris Beller – 2,664

For the Arkansas State Senate:

  • In District 21 (Includes Lawrence and Randolph Counties) –
    Incumbent Senator Blake Johnson – 7,519
    Curtis Hitt – 4,738
  • In District 22 (Includes Lawrence, Independence, Sharp, Fulton, and Izard Counties) –
    John Payton – 5,114
    Incumbent Senator James Sturch – 4,477
    Ethan Barnes – 1,979

In Fulton County:

  • County Judge
    Kenneth Crowe – 1,385
    David Curtis – 1,104
  • Sheriff
    Jacob “Jake” Smith – 1,947
    John David Cawvey – 472
  • District 1 Justice of the Peace
    Cris Newberry – 250
    Matthew Stevens – 65
  • District 3  Justice of the Peace
    Albert “Al” Roork – 215
    Joanna L. Defoe – 91
  • District 8 Justice of the Peace
    Jimmy Marler – 130
    Jackie Dean Privett – 108
  • Position 2 Salem School Board
    Karen Harris Coffman – 717
    Phillip Taylor – 326
  • Position 2 Viola School Board
    Derek Winter – 244
    Dustin Cotter – 217
    Brandon T Love – 201

In Sharp County:

  • County Judge
    Mark Counts – 1,976
    Steve Stauffer – 1,192
    Malcom Thomas – 490
  • Sheriff
    Shane Russell – 2,442
    Aaron Presser – 1,249
  • Treasurer
    Wanda Girtman – 2,524
    Conway Spurlock – 1,048
  • District 6 Justice of the Peace
    Jackie Pickett – 186
    Everett L McGuire – 108
  • District 7 Justice of the Peace
    Buell Wilkes – 315
    Joseph Ray Blackburn – 132
    Jason Bacon – 98
  • District 3 Constable
    David L Gruger – 224
    Justin Scheel – 132
  • District 4 Constable
    Phillip Pickett – 367
    David Woods – 181

In Izard County:

  • County Judge
    Paul Womack – 1,515
    Eric Smith – 1,380
    Thomas Ward – 157
  • County Circuit Clerk
    Joe Cooper – 1,745
    Debra Brown – 1,181
  • Sheriff
    Charley Melton – 1,576
    Mark Simino – 1,343
    Steven Doran – 148
  • District 2 Justice of the Peace
    Kelly Hatman – 153
    Bobby Russell – 113
    Walter Hagan – 84
  • District 6 Justice of the Peace
    Justin Thornton – 203
    Ted Wammack – 120
  • New Hope Constable
    Brett Stevenson – 136
    Eric Brantner – 53
  • Union Constable
    Mark A Stephen – 251
    Geoffrey Watts – 177

In Baxter County:

  • County Judge
    Brian Plumlee – 3427
    Kevin Litty – 2714
    Shannon Feliccia – 840
    Eric Payne – 795
    Brian Plumlee will oppose Kevin Litty in a run-off election on June 21.
  • Sheriff
    Incumbent Sheriff John Montgomery – 5,344
    Henry Campfield – 1,748
    John L Pate – 725
  • District 10 Justice of the Peace
    Shannon Walker – 254
    Sheila Wingard – 136
    Vincent S Anderson – 135
    Ernest Adkins – 21
    Shannon Walker will oppose Shila Wingard in a runoff election on June 21.
  • District 11 Justice of the Peace
    Ty Chapman – 400
    Tom Canta – 379
  • District 2 Constable
    Patrick D Smith – 303
    Daniel K Carley – 273
  • District 8 Constable
    Tyler Brown – 337
    Randy Sandland – 259
  • District 11 Constable
    Frankie Baker – 409
    John Wood – 350
  • Mountain Home School Board of Education Position 2
    Bob Chester – 2998
    Arnold Knox – 2815
  • Mountain Home School Board of Education Position 4
    Barbara Horton – 3,388
    Carrie Ramsey – 2,584
  • Norfork School District Board of Education  Position 4
    Chad McGowan – 534
    Elayna Southard – 295

In Randolph County:

  • County Judge
    Randy Barber – 980
    Paul Carr – 754
    Ben Derrick – 669
    James Dejournett – 273
    Greg Matthews – 163
  • Sheriff
    Kevin B Bell – 2,156
    Jim Milam – 74
  • District 9 Justice of the Peace
    David Statler – 229
    Micahel Cook – 123
  • Shiloh Constable 
    Mark Alexander Brown – 112
    Allen Smith – 90

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