State Election News
With early voting starting today, Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston's office projects that 916,674 of the state's registered voters will cast ballots i…
by Michael R. Wickline October 24, 2022Bruce Westerman believes his experience and policy decisions will persuade voters in the state's 4th Congressional District to elect him to another term in the…
by Stephen Simpson October 24, 2022Arkansas decides next month whether it will become the first state in the South to legalize recreational marijuana.
by Neal Earley October 23, 2022In the Nov. 8 general election, Arkansas voters will weigh a proposed constitutional amendment that would enable Arkansas to join 36 other states in allowing t…
by Michael R. Wickline October 23, 2022A proposed amendment to the state's constitution would prohibit the government from burdening an individual's religious liberty, but opponents of the effort sa…
by Stephen Simpson October 23, 2022Northwest Arkansas gained four state House seats in the redrawing of legislative district boundaries last year. Women are the only major-party candidates in th…
by Doug Thompson October 23, 2022In the general election, Arkansas voters will decide whether to join Florida in requiring approval by 60% of voters rather than a simple majority of voters for…
by Michael R. Wickline October 23, 2022CONWAY -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that she would have signed into law a bill that bans gender-affirming care for …
by Michael R. Wickline October 22, 2022CONWAY -- Sarah Huckabee Sanders arrived on the Reynolds Performance Hall stage five minutes before the start of Friday's gubernatorial debate with Chris Jones…
by I.C. Murrell October 22, 2022Candidates for Arkansas' 1st Congressional District disagreed during Thursday's Arkansas PBS debate when the Jonesboro library came up.
by Bill Bowden October 21, 2022New state House District 23 will pick its first state representative in the Nov. 8 election.
by Doug Thompson October 21, 2022FAYETTEVILLE -- Four Democratic candidates for the state House of Representatives said they want to ensure access to voting in fair elections, reduce homelessn…
by Stacy Ryburn October 20, 2022Arkansas politics showed a Shakespearean edge Wednesday as the author of the state's medical marijuana amendment and the church-based Family Council Action Com…
by Tom Sissom October 20, 2022Republican gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders raised about $621,000 in contributions in September as her Democratic rival Chris Jones collected abo…
by Michael R. Wickline October 19, 2022CONWAY -- Republican Lt. Gov. nominee Leslie Rutledge said Tuesday that a bipartisan accountability group's ethics complaint alleging that she used her office …
by Michael R. Wickline October 19, 2022