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ARKANSAS

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Bill Clinton 1982

ELECTION CALENDAR:
Filing Deadline (Major Parties): November 2025
Filing Deadline (Third Parties): March 2026
Primary: March 2026
Run-Off: April 2026

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
won

= Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

This page was last updated on April 16, 2025

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Jimmy Bryant (R) - Ex-Faulkner County Justice of the Peace & Ex-Arkansas Heritage Director
Steve Womack (R) - Congressman

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2026.

Dale Bumpers

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Leslie Rutledge (R)* - (Campaign Site)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
[ Cole Jester (R)* - Not a Candidate in 2026. ]
Kim Hammer (R) - State Sen., Baptist Pastor & Radio Show Host
Cathy Hardin Harrison (R) - Miller County Judge & Ex-Miller County Tax Collector
Conrad Reynolds (R) - Businessman, Retired Army Colonel & Frequent Candidate

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Tim Griffin (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AUDITOR:
Dennis Milligan (R)* - (Campaign Site)

Jim Guy Tucker

STATE TREASURER:
John Thurston (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE LAND COMMISSIONER:
[ Tommy Land (R)* - Term-Limited in 2026. ]
Christian Olson (R) - Real Estate Investor & Ex-Policy Analyst
Lance Restum (R) - Minor League Baseball Executive

STATE LEGISLATURE:

State House

State Senate

U.S. SENATOR:

Tom Cotton (R)* - (Senate Leadership Site) - (Campaign Site)
Dan Whitfield (D) - Blue Collar Worker, Progressive Activist & '20 Candidate

Mike Huckabee